CVE-2015-1546
openldap: slapd crash in valueReturnFilter cleanup
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · February 3, 2015
Updated · May 15, 2026
Description
Double free vulnerability in the get_vrFilter function in servers/slapd/filter.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted search query with a matched values control.
Statement
Although we do ship the vulnerable function, the attack vector demonstrated in the original report does not apply to us, as we've never backported the patch that introduces this particular attack vector. We're currently unaware of an attack vector that applies to us.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having a security impact of Moderate. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE not specified