CVE-2012-2134
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
The handle_connection_error function in ldap_helper.c in bind-dyndb-ldap before 1.1.0rc1 does not properly handle LDAP query errors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and named server hang) via a non-alphabet character in the base DN in an LDAP search DNS query.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2134)
- Published
- February 26, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2134 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
- martin nagy / bind-dyndb-ldap
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0683.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48901(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/24/15
- http://www.osvdb.org/81619
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=815846
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/bind-dyndb-ldap.git/tree/NEWS
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-users/2012-April/msg00144.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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