Description
dn2ancestor in the LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a ModDN operation with a DN that contains a large number of "," (comma) characters, which results in a large amount of recursion, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24796
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179137
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18960
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16677
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24796
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 14, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified