Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in bind-dyndb-ldap, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
bind-dyndb-ldap DN Escaping Denial of Service Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50086
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-02
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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in bind-dyndb-ldap, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the
"dns_to_ldap_dn_escape()" function (src/ldap_convert.c) when escaping
DN values for the LDAP query. This can be exploited to hang the named
process and render the service unusable.
SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Disclosed in a GIT commit.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/bind-dyndb-ldap.git/commit/?id=f345805c73c294db42452ae966c48fbc36c48006
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