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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-2952 · published 1 July 2008

CVE-2008-2952: Openldap vulnerability

Openldap · Openldap

liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.2.4 to 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program termination) via crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams that trigger an assertion error.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 13% · top 3.8% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
62References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.2.4 to 2.4.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (program termination) via crafted ASN.1 BER datagrams that trigger an assertion error.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30853 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30917 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30996 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31364 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31436 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32254 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-09.xml
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0249
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1650
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:144
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5580
http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=5580%3Bselectid=5580
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/01/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/13/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0583.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495320/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020405
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-634-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1978/references Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2268 Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-052/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43515
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2645
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10662
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00109.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00129.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Jul/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30853 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30917 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30996 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31326 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31364 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31436 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32254 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-2952), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.