A vulnerability has been identified in OpenLDAP, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue is caused by an error in the "bdb_modrdn()" [slapd/back-bdb/modrdn.c] function when using modrdn operation with a NOOP control, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application, creating a denial of service condition.
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ralf Haferkamp.
ChangeLog
2008-02-13 : Initial release
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