CVE-2012-2134 (GCVE-0-2012-2134)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-26 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
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Summary
The handle_connection_error function in ldap_helper.c in bind-dyndb-ldap before 1.1.0rc1 does not properly handle LDAP query errors, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and named server hang) via a non-alphabet character in the base DN in an LDAP search DNS query.
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