Gentoo: GLSA-200403-12 Normal: OpenLDAP Server Crash Risk
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March 31, 2004
A failed password operation can cause the OpenLDAP slapd server, if it is using the back-ldbm backend, to free memory that was never allocated
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200403-12
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: OpenLDAP DoS Vulnerability
Date: March 31, 2004
Bugs: #26728
ID: 200403-12
Synopsis
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A failed password operation can cause the OpenLDAP slapd server, if it
is using the back-ldbm backend, to free memory that was never
allocated.
Background
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OpenLDAP is a suite of LDAP-related application and development tools.
It includes slapd (the standalone LDAP server), slurpd (the standalone
LDAP replication server), and various LDAP libraries, utilities and
example clients.
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