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TI-2010-00204 Aliases CVE-2010-0212GHSA-w879-m4wh-92f9

OpenLDAP 2.4.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a modrdn…

Priority LOW 31CWE-264Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

OpenLDAP 2.4.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a modrdn call with a zero-length RDN destination string, which is not properly handled by the smr_normalize function and triggers a NULL pointer dereference in the IA5StringNormalize function in schema_init.c, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon LDAPv3 test suite.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05203 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.22Vulnerableopenldap
  • cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.22 Vulnerable ·openldap

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2010:0542 Released 2010-07-20 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    openldap security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1, compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386, compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.ia64 +25
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1, compat-openldap-2.3.43_2.2.29-12.el5_5.1.i386, openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) openldap-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1, openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1, openldap-devel-2.3.43-12.el5_5.1.i386 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2010:0542
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0542
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2010:0542
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2010-0212
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w879-m4wh-92f9

References

Exploit 1

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 5

  • TI-2022-11700 In OpenLDAP 2.x before 2.5.12 and 2.6.x before 2.6.2, a SQL injection vulnerability… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-18548 An integer underflow was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to a slapd crash in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-18541 An integer underflow was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to slapd crashes in… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-18547 A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-18542 A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an assertion failure in slapd… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-05563 OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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