CVE-2021-4091 (GCVE-0-2021-4091)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A double-free was found in the way 389-ds-base handles virtual attributes context in persistent searches. An attacker could send a series of search requests, forcing the server to behave unexpectedly, and crash.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | 389-ds-base |
Affected:
389-ds-base-1.3.10.2
|
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