CVE-2020-36227
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 63.6%
Description
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an infinite loop in slapd with the cancel_extop Cancel operation, resulting in denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2020-36227
To remediate CVE-2020-36227, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/openldap—upgrade to 2.4.57-r0 or later
- Bitnami/openldap—upgrade to 2.4.57 or later
- Debian/openldap—upgrade to 2.4.57+dfsg-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-36227 being exploited?
Likely — EPSS is 63.6%, placing CVE-2020-36227 in the top tier of vulnerabilities by exploitation probability. Prioritise patching.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.4.57-r0
- from 0, < 2.4.57
- from 0, < 2.4.57+dfsg-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |