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high 7.5

CVE-2006-5779 in the critical feed json

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names,…

published 2006-11-07 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5763

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
76.9%
EPSS 76.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.5%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenLDAP before 2.3.29 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

Patch / fix

  • openldap openldap 2.3.29

Exploit prediction

76.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.5% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gleg.net http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1017166 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20939 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • openldap.org http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=4740 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • gleg.net http://gleg.net/downloads/VULNDISCO_META_FREE.tar.gz referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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Sources

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