# CVE-2006-5779: OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, w

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-11-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/23133
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_72_openldap2.html
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-820
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23170
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0066/
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:208
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4379
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-384-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30076
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23152
- http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22996
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.033-openldap.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22953
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23125
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450728/100/0/threaded
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1831
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-25.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22750

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