CVE-2015-1545
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 11.1%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 11.1% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2015-1679)
- Published
- February 12, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2015-1679 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
- openldap / openldap
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Apr/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00069.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62787
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3209
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:073
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:074
- http://www.openldap.org/devel/gitweb.cgi?p=openldap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c32e74763f77675b9e144126e375977ed6dc562c
- http://www.openldap.org/its/?findid=8027(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/07/3
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72519
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032399
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=776988
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100937
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://support.apple.com/HT204659
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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