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CVE-2023-2953

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: May 30, 2023 | Modified: Jan 10, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2953
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

A vulnerability was found in openldap. This security flaw causes a null pointer dereference in ber_memalloc_x() function.

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OpenldapOpenldap2.4 (including)2.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatopenldap-0:2.4.46-19.el8_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportRedHatopenldap-0:2.4.46-20.el8_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsRedHatopenldap-0:2.6.2-1.el9_0.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update SupportRedHatopenldap-0:2.6.2-3.el9_2.1*
OpenldapUbuntubionic*
OpenldapUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
OpenldapUbuntuesm-infra/bionic*
OpenldapUbuntuesm-infra/focal*
OpenldapUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
OpenldapUbuntufocal*
OpenldapUbuntujammy*
OpenldapUbuntukinetic*
OpenldapUbuntulunar*
OpenldapUbuntutrusty*
OpenldapUbuntutrusty/esm*
OpenldapUbuntuupstream*
OpenldapUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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