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CVE-2006-6493

N/A
Published: December 13, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenLDAP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 9%

Description

Buffer overflow in the krbv4_ldap_auth function in servers/slapd/kerberos.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.3 and earlier, when OpenLDAP is compiled with the --enable-kbind (Kerberos KBIND) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP bind request using the LDAP_AUTH_KRBV41 authentication method and long credential data.

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23334
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2023
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.phreedom.org/solar/exploits/openldap-kbind
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454181/30/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4964

CVSS

5.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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