CVE-2006-0453 json
The LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain "bad BER sequen…
published 2006-02-14 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0460
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.9%
- EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The LDAP component in Fedora Directory Server 1.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a certain "bad BER sequence" that results in a free of uninitialized memory, as demonstrated using the ProtoVer LDAP test suite.
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-2006-0453 updated
security flaw
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Red Hat RHEL 4 Directory Server ASfixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0270
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
Exploit prediction
1.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
References
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secunia.com
/advisories/18960
third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/24795
vdb-entry
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securityfocus.com
/bid/16677
vdb-entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179135
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2006-0453
- NVD CVE-2006-0453
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