Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2001-0977 is a denial-of-service flaw in very old OpenLDAP slapd servers. A remote attacker could send malformed LDAP data that causes the directory service to crash. The business impact is service interruption for systems depending on LDAP authentication or directory lookups. Exposure is most likely in legacy systems, appliances, or unsupported distributions still running affected OpenLDAP versions. Internet-facing or broadly reachable LDAP services have higher operational risk. Modern maintained OpenLDAP deployments are less likely to be affected. Treat this as a legacy exposure and resilience issue. Prioritize if LDAP is business-critical, internet-facing, or used for authentication. If no affected OpenLDAP versions exist, no further emergency action is indicated. Mitigation focus: Inventory OpenLDAP slapd versions across servers and appliances.; Upgrade OpenLDAP to 1.2.12, 2.0.8, or later supported vendor packages.; Apply the relevant distribution advisory packages where applicable..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- openldap-ldap-protos-dos(6904)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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