{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6908","details":"The ber_get_next function in libraries/liblber/io.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.42 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and application crash) via crafted BER data, as demonstrated by an attack against slapd.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:18:12.762932Z","published":"2015-09-11T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2742-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-6908"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6908"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2742-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-6908"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openldap","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openldap@2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"ldap-utils","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2"},{"binary_name":"libldap-2.4-2","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2"},{"binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2","binary_name":"slapd"},{"binary_name":"slapd-smbk5pwd","binary_version":"2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6908.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}