Vulnerability · Published Jan 25, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-36222

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in the openldap package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 77.2% (higher than 99.6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)77.2%top 0.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an assertion failure in slapd in the saslAuthzTo validation, resulting in denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20openldap2.4.57-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-36222
Alpine:v3.21openldap2.4.57-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-36222
Alpine:v3.22openldap2.4.57-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-36222
Alpine:v3.23openldap2.4.57-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-36222
Alpine:v3.24openldap2.4.57-r0ALPINE-CVE-2020-36222
Debian:12openldap2.4.57+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36222
Debian:13openldap2.4.57+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36222
Debian:14openldap2.4.57+dfsg-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36222

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References