usn-5508-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2022-07-11 14:09
Modified
2026-02-10 04:42
Summary
python-ldap vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that Python LDAP incorrectly handled certain regular expressions. An remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:42:41Z",
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