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CVE-2003-1201

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-824

Description

ldbm_back_exop_passwd in the back-ldbm backend in passwd.c for OpenLDAP 2.1.12 and earlier, when the slap_passwd_parse function does not return LDAP_SUCCESS, attempts to free an uninitialized pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault).

Affected products

• openldap: through 2.1.12

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000685
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11261
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9203
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-12.xml
• http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi?findid=2390
• http://www.osvdb.org/17000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7656
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12520
• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000685
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11261
• http://secunia.com/advisories/9203
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200403-12.xml

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