CVE-2021-4091 (GCVE-0-2021-4091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-18 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:33
VLAI?
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.
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CWE
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Vendor Product Version
n/a 389-ds-base Affected: 389-ds-base-1.3.10.2
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