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CVE-2020-12243 json

In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon…

published 2020-04-28 6 y ago modified 2026-10-14 25 d ago also BIT-openldap-2020-12243 , EUVD-2020-4558

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In filter.c in slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.50, LDAP search filters with nested boolean expressions can result in denial of service (daemon crash).

Patch / fix

  • bitnami openldap 2.4.50
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • openldap Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.50+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12243

  • openldap Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.4.42+dfsg-2ubuntu3.8
  • openldap Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.4.45+dfsg-1ubuntu1.5
  • openldap Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2.4.49+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2
  • openldap Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12243

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • openldap RHEL 7 2.4.44-22.el7
  • openldap-clients RHEL 7 2.4.44-22.el7
  • openldap-servers RHEL 7 2.4.44-22.el7
  • openldap-servers-sql RHEL 7 2.4.44-22.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4041

  • openldap2 SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP1 +4 more 2.4.46-9.28.2
  • openldap2 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.4.26-0.74.9.1
  • openldap2-client SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 2.4.26-0.74.9.1
  • openldap2-client-openssl1 SLES 11-SECURITY 2.4.26-0.74.9.1
  • openldap2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +4 more 2.4.41-18.24.17.1
  • openldap2 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +14 more 2.4.41-18.68.1
  • openldap2-client SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1-LTSS 2.4.41-18.24.17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1219-1SUSE-SU-2020:14358-1SUSE-SU-2020:1210-1SUSE-SU-2020:1193-1

  • openldap2 openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.4.46-lp151.10.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2020:0647-1

  • openldap Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 2.4.48-r1
  • openldap Alpine 3.11 2.4.48-r2
  • openldap Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +10 more 2.4.50-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2020-12243

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2020-12243 updated cvss 7.5

openldap: denial of service via nested boolean expressions in LDAP search filters

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openldap Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 openldap, compat-openldap, openldap-clients, openldap-servers, openldap-servers-sql
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-openldap
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 openldap Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 openldap
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat OpenShift Do 1 openshiftdo/odo-init-image-rhel7 1.1.3-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:0949
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) openldap 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openldap 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openldap 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-servers 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.44-22.el7
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openldap 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.44-22.el7, openldap-servers 2.4.44-22.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.44-22.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4041
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 openldap, openldap-clients, openldap-servers Red Hat JBoss Core Services openldap
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 7.5

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

cisa ICSA-22-116-01 updated cvss 7.5

Hitachi Energy System Data Manager

  • Hitachi Energy All System Data Manager - SDM600 <1.2 FP2 HF10 (Build Nr. 1.2.14002.506)
    affected: mitigation “Implement and continuously revise least privileges principles to minimize permissions and accesses to SDM600 related resources.” hitachiabb-powergrids.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.openldap.org https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9202 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
OSV 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami openldap
<2.4.50
2.4.50

Affected products

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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