{"id":"USN-7713-1","summary":"openldap vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled X.509 DN parsing. A\nremote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause OpenLDAP to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36229, CVE-2020-36230)\n\nPasi Saarinen discovered that OpenLDAP incorrectly handled certain short\ntimestamps. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nOpenLDAP to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-27212)","modified":"2026-02-10T04:49:48Z","published":"2025-08-24T22:57:14Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36229","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36230","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27212"],"upstream":["CVE-2020-36229","CVE-2020-36230","CVE-2021-27212","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36229","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36230","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-27212"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7713-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36229"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-36230"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27212"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openldap@2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"}]}],"versions":["2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu3","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu4","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu5","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.1","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.3","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.4","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm1","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm2","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm3","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm4","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm5","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm6","2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"ldap-utils","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"},{"binary_name":"libldap-2.4-2","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"},{"binary_name":"libldap2-dev","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"},{"binary_name":"slapd","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"},{"binary_name":"slapd-smbk5pwd","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.5+esm8"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7713-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2020-36229","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2020-36230","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]},{"id":"CVE-2021-27212","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}