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CVE-2017-9287

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-05-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-415

Description

servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c in OpenLDAP through 2.4.44 is prone to a double free vulnerability. A user with access to search the directory can crash slapd by issuing a search including the Paged Results control with a page size of 0.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• McAfee,LLC McAfee Policy Auditor: before 6.5.1 — fixed in 6.5.1
• openldap: through 2.4.44
• Oracle Blockchain Platform: before 21.1.2 — fixed in 21.1.2
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.6, 7.7
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC McAfee Policy Auditor 6.5.1; Oracle Blockchain Platform 21.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3868
• http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8655
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98736
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038591
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1852
• https://bugs.debian.org/863563
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3868
• http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8655
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98736
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038591

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