CVE-2011-1025

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-03-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

bind.cpp in back-ndb in OpenLDAP 2.4.x before 2.4.24 does not require authentication for the root Distinguished Name (DN), which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via an arbitrary password.

Affected products

openldap: 2.4.6, 2.4.7, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.10, 2.4.11 (+12)

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/12
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/13
http://secunia.com/advisories/43331
http://secunia.com/advisories/43718
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025190
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:056
http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/servers/slapd/back-ndb/bind.cpp.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.8
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=6661
http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/201102/msg00000.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0347.html

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