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CVE-2020-36227 Detail

Description

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with the cancel_extop Cancel operation, resulting in denial of service.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/64 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/65 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/May/70 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9428 Issue Tracking  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/9d0e8485f3113505743baabf1167e01e4558ccf5 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/tags/OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_2_4_57 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0002/ Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212529 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212530 Third Party Advisory 
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212531 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4845 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-36227
NVD Published Date:
01/26/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE