The vulnerability of the OpenLDAP protocol, related to the reallocation of memory, allows a hacker to perform a denial-of-service attack.

The vulnerability of the OpenLDAP protocol lies in the repeated memory release that occurs during the processing of control elements involving value return filters. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to perform a denial-of-service attack by sending a specially crafted request ...

USN-3307-1 openldap vulnerability

Karsten Heymann discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause slapd to crash, resulting in a denial of service...