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CVE-2014-8182 json

An off-by-one error leading to a crash was discovered in openldap 2.4 when processing DNS SRV messages.

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-8023

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An off-by-one error leading to a crash was discovered in openldap 2.4 when processing DNS SRV messages. If slapd was configured to use the dnssrv backend, an attacker could crash the service with crafted DNS responses.

Patch / fix

  • openldap RHEL 7 2.4.40-8.el7
  • openldap-clients RHEL 7 2.4.40-8.el7
  • openldap-servers RHEL 7 2.4.40-8.el7
  • openldap-servers-sql RHEL 7 2.4.40-8.el7
  • openldap RHEL 6 2.4.40-5.el6
  • openldap-clients RHEL 6 2.4.40-5.el6
  • openldap-servers RHEL 6 2.4.40-5.el6
  • openldap-servers-sql RHEL 6 2.4.40-5.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:2131RHBA-2015:1292

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8182 updated cvss 3.7

openldap: crash in ldap_domain2hostlist when processing SRV records

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openldap
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) openldap 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.40-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) openldap 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.40-8.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2131
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) openldap 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-clients 2.4.40-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) openldap-servers 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) openldap 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-clients 2.4.40-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) openldap-servers 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-5.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) openldap 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-clients 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-servers 2.4.40-5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:1292
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) openldap 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-servers 2.4.40-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2131
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:1292
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2131
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) openldap 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-clients 2.4.40-5.el6, openldap-servers 2.4.40-5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:1292
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) openldap 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-clients 2.4.40-8.el7, openldap-servers 2.4.40-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2131
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2015:1292
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) openldap-servers-sql 2.4.40-8.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2131

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Exploit prediction

3.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8182 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.suse.com https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-8182 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • openldap openldap

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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