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CVE-2017-9287

openldap: Double free vulnerability in servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 17, 2017

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

A double-free flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd server using the MDB backend handled LDAP searches. A remote attacker with access to search the directory could potentially use this flaw to crash slapd by issuing a specially crafted LDAP search query.

Statement

This issue does not affect the versions of OpenLDAP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they don't use the affected MDB backend in their default configurations. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. 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 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free