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CVE-2012-1164

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion...

2.6 LowFix available

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Exploit likelihood

3.54%Up 1.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.6

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
CVE-2012-1164
CVSS 2.0
2.6 LowAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
CVE-2012-1164
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-1194 No score

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
EUVD-2012-1194
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cvmw-3c66-5wx9 No score

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion...

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
GHSA-cvmw-3c66-5wx9
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
CVE-2012-1164
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1164 No score

slapd in OpenLDAP before 2.4.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via an LDAP search query with attrsOnly set to true, which causes empty attributes to be returned.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1164
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openldap
Debian:12
 before 2.4.31-1
2.4.31-1
openldap
Debian:13
 before 2.4.31-1
2.4.31-1
openldap
Debian:14
 before 2.4.31-1
2.4.31-1
openldap
Debian:6.0
 before 2.4.23-7.3+deb6u1, plus listed versions
2.4.23-72.4.23-7.12.4.23-7.22.4.23-7.3
2.4.23-7.3+deb6u1
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers-sql
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-clients
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6
openldap-servers
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
 before 0:2.4.23-26.el6
0:2.4.23-26.el6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2012-1164 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.6) in Openldap, published June 29, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.54%, the 89th percentile. Fixed in openldap 2.4.31-1.

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