ubuntu-cve-2017-9287
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-05-29 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:38
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ldap-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libldap-2.4-2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "slapd",
            "binary_version": "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "slapd-smbk5pwd",
            "binary_version": "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "openldap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openldap@2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu3",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu4",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu5",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.1",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2",
        "2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ldap-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libldap-2.4-2",
            "binary_version": "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "slapd",
            "binary_version": "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "slapd-smbk5pwd",
            "binary_version": "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "openldap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/openldap@2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "2.4.41+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "2.4.41+dfsg-1ubuntu3",
        "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3",
        "2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9287",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:16Z",
  "published": "2017-05-29T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9287"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3307-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3307-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9287"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-3307-1",
    "USN-3307-2"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-9287"
  ]
}



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