Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1164 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Openldap

047910
CVSS 2.6 - LOW
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
high complexity
openldap
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOS_HT210788.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running a version of macOS / Mac OS X that is 10.13.x prior to 10.13.6 Security Update 2019-007, 10.14.x prior to 10.14.6 Security Update 2019-002, or 10.15.x prior to 10.15.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned. (CVE-2012-1164) - libraries/libldap/tls_m.c in OpenLDAP, possibly 2.4.31 and earlier, when using the Mozilla NSS backend, always uses the default cipher suite even when TLSCipherSuite is set, which might cause OpenLDAP to use weaker ciphers than intended and make it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2012-2668) - The rwm overlay in OpenLDAP 2.4.23, 2.4.36, and earlier does not properly count references, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slapd crash) by unbinding immediately after a search request, which triggers rwm_conn_destroy to free the session context while it is being used by rwm_op_search. (CVE-2013-4449) - The deref_parseCtrl function in servers/slapd/overlays/deref.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.13 through 2.4.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via an empty attribute list in a deref control in a search request. (CVE-2015-1545) - tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c. (CVE-2017-16808) - tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 1 of 2). (CVE-2018-10103) - tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 2 of 2). (CVE-2018-10105) - The LDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ldp.c:ldp_tlv_print(). (CVE-2018-14461) - The ICMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp.c:icmp_print(). (CVE-2018-14462) - The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print(). (CVE-2018-14463) - The LMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-lmp.c:lmp_print_data_link_subobjs(). (CVE-2018-14464) - The RSVP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-rsvp.c:rsvp_obj_print(). (CVE-2018-14465) - The Rx parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over- read in print-rx.c:rx_cache_find() and rx_cache_insert(). (CVE-2018-14466) - The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_MP). (CVE-2018-14467) - The FRF.16 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-fr.c:mfr_print(). (CVE-2018-14468) - The IKEv1 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-isakmp.c:ikev1_n_print(). (CVE-2018-14469) - The Babel parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-babel.c:babel_print_v2(). (CVE-2018-14470) - The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file(). (CVE-2018-14879) - The OSPFv3 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ospf6.c:ospf6_print_lshdr(). (CVE-2018-14880) - The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_RESTART). (CVE-2018-14881) - The ICMPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp6.c. (CVE-2018-14882) - The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c for the Mesh Flags subfield. (CVE-2018-16227) - The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix(). (CVE-2018-16228) - The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option(). (CVE-2018-16229) - The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() (MP_REACH_NLRI). (CVE-2018-16230) - The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion. (CVE-2018-16300) - libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading. (CVE-2018-16301) - The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has buffer over- reads in print-smb.c:print_trans() for \MAILSLOT\BROWSE and \PIPE\LANMAN. (CVE-2018-16451) - The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata() via recursion. (CVE-2018-16452) - An issue was discovered in the server in OpenLDAP before 2.4.48. When the server administrator delegates rootDN (database admin) privileges for certain databases but wants to maintain isolation (e.g., for multi-tenant deployments), slapd does not properly stop a rootDN from requesting authorization as an identity from another database during a SASL bind or with a proxyAuthz (RFC 4370) control. (It is not a common configuration to deploy a system where the server administrator and a DB administrator enjoy different levels of trust.) (CVE-2019-13057) - An issue was discovered in OpenLDAP 2.x before 2.4.48. When using SASL authentication and session encryption, and relying on the SASL security layers in slapd access controls, it is possible to obtain access that would otherwise be denied via a simple bind for any identity covered in those ACLs. After the first SASL bind is completed, the sasl_ssf value is retained for all new non-SASL connections. Depending on the ACL configuration, this can affect different types of operations (searches, modifications, etc.). In other words, a successful authorization step completed by one user affects the authorization requirement for a different user. (CVE-2019-13565) - rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because of reuse of a variable. This may open up an attack vector involving extra data at the end of a request. (CVE-2019-15161) - rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 on non-Windows platforms provides details about why authentication failed, which might make it easier for attackers to enumerate valid usernames. (CVE-2019-15162) - rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) if a crypt() call fails. (CVE-2019-15163) - rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 allows SSRF because a URL may be provided as a capture source. (CVE-2019-15164) - sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory. (CVE-2019-15165) - lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certain bounds checks. (CVE-2019-15166) - In libexpat before 2.2.8, crafted XML input could fool the parser into changing from DTD parsing to document parsing too early; a consecutive call to XML_GetCurrentLineNumber (or XML_GetCurrentColumnNumber) then resulted in a heap-based buffer over-read. (CVE-2019-15903) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the operating system
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  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-203.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities were found in OpenLDAP, a free implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Please carefully check whether you are affected by CVE-2014-9713: if you are, you will need to manually upgrade your configuration! See below for more details on this. Just upgrading the packages might not be enough! CVE-2012-1164 Fix a crash when doing an attrsOnly search of a database configured with both the rwm and translucent overlays. CVE-2013-4449 Michael Vishchers from Seven Principles AG discovered a denial of service vulnerability in slapd, the directory server implementation. When the server is configured to used the RWM overlay, an attacker can make it crash by unbinding just after connecting, because of an issue with reference counting. CVE-2014-9713 The default Debian configuration of the directory database allows every users to edit their own attributes. When LDAP directories are used for access control, and this is done using user attributes, an authenticated user can leverage this to gain access to unauthorized resources. . Please note this is a Debian specific vulnerability. . The new package won
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    titleDebian DLA-203-1 : openldap security update
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2012-0899.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2012:0899 : Updated openldap packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-1164) These updated openldap packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes. Users of OpenLDAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.
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    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/68559
    titleOracle Linux 6 : openldap (ELSA-2012-0899)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2622-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain search queries that returned empty attributes. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to assert, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2012-1164) Michael Vishchers discovered that OpenLDAP improperly counted references when the rwm overlay was used. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-4449) It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain empty attribute lists in search requests. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-1545). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    plugin id83863
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    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2015-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/83863
    titleUbuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 / 15.04 : openldap vulnerabilities (USN-2622-1)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201406-36.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-36 (OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenLDAP. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker might employ a specially crafted certificate to conduct man-in-the-middle attacks on SSL connections made using OpenLDAP, bypass security restrictions or cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id76331
    published2014-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76331
    titleGLSA-201406-36 : OpenLDAP: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2012-0899.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openldap packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-1164) These updated openldap packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes. Users of OpenLDAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id59930
    published2012-07-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59930
    titleCentOS 6 : openldap (CESA-2012:0899)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20120620_OPENLDAP_ON_SL6_X.NASL
    descriptionOpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-1164) These updated openldap packages include numerous bug fixes. Users of OpenLDAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.
    last seen2020-03-18
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    plugin id61344
    published2012-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61344
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : openldap on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20120620)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2012-101.NASL
    descriptionA denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-1164)
    last seen2020-06-01
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    plugin id69591
    published2013-09-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/69591
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : openldap (ALAS-2012-101)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2012-130.NASL
    descriptionA vulnerability was found and corrected in openldap : slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned (CVE-2012-1164). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/61979
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : openldap (MDVSA-2012:130)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2012-0899.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openldap packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) applications and development tools. A denial of service flaw was found in the way the OpenLDAP server daemon (slapd) processed certain search queries requesting only attributes and no values. In certain configurations, a remote attacker could issue a specially crafted LDAP search query that, when processed by slapd, would cause slapd to crash due to an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-1164) These updated openldap packages include numerous bug fixes. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes. Users of OpenLDAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. After installing this update, the OpenLDAP daemons will be restarted automatically.
    last seen2020-06-01
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    titleRHEL 6 : openldap (RHSA-2012:0899)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2012-10023.NASL
    descriptionsecurity and bug fix update Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
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    titleFedora 16 : openldap-2.4.26-8.fc16 (2012-10023)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id818844
titleMozNSS CA cert dir does not work together with PEM CA cert file
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20111656003
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentopenldap-servers-sql is earlier than 0:2.4.23-26.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120899001
        • commentopenldap-servers-sql is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20151292004
      • AND
        • commentopenldap is earlier than 0:2.4.23-26.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120899003
        • commentopenldap is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20151292008
      • AND
        • commentopenldap-clients is earlier than 0:2.4.23-26.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120899005
        • commentopenldap-clients is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20151292010
      • AND
        • commentopenldap-servers is earlier than 0:2.4.23-26.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120899007
        • commentopenldap-servers is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20151292006
      • AND
        • commentopenldap-devel is earlier than 0:2.4.23-26.el6
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20120899009
        • commentopenldap-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20151292002
rhsa
idRHSA-2012:0899
released2012-06-19
severityLow
titleRHSA-2012:0899: openldap security and bug fix update (Low)
rpms
  • openldap-0:2.4.23-26.el6
  • openldap-clients-0:2.4.23-26.el6
  • openldap-debuginfo-0:2.4.23-26.el6
  • openldap-devel-0:2.4.23-26.el6
  • openldap-servers-0:2.4.23-26.el6
  • openldap-servers-sql-0:2.4.23-26.el6

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 52404 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2012-1164 OpenLDAP是一款开放源代码的轻量级目录访问协议(LDAP)实现。 OpenLDAP在实现上存在远程拒绝服务漏洞,攻击者可利用此漏洞使受影响slapd服务器崩溃,造成拒绝服务。 0 OpenLDAP &lt; 2.4.30 厂商补丁: OpenLDAP -------- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题,请到厂商的主页下载: http://www.openldap.org/software/release/changes.html
idSSV:60243
last seen2017-11-19
modified2012-06-28
published2012-06-28
reporterRoot
titleOpenLDAP LDAP搜索请求远程拒绝服务漏洞