7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-27212
OpenLDAP LDAP Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

In OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha, an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet, resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 14, 2021, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:31 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2021-27212 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-27212 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Openldap openldap

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Python

Updated: 1 year, 10 months ago
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Born at : Oct. 5, 2022, 12:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 1276 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-27212 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-27212 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E No Types Assigned https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 29, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9454 Exploit, Vendor Advisory https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9454 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0005/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0005/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0005/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9454 No Types Assigned https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9454 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/3539fc33212b528c56b716584f2c2994af7c30b0 No Types Assigned https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/3539fc33212b528c56b716584f2c2994af7c30b0 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/9badb73425a67768c09bcaed1a9c26c684af6c30 No Types Assigned https://git.openldap.org/openldap/openldap/-/commit/9badb73425a67768c09bcaed1a9c26c684af6c30 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00035.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4860 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4860 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-617
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.4.57 *cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap:2.5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4860 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 20, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00035.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-27212 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-27212 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

24.32 }} 5.58%

score

0.96500

percentile

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