CVE-2021-27212: In OpenLDAP through 2.4.57 and 2.5.x through 2.5.1alpha an assertion failure in slapd can occur in the issuerAndThisUpdateCheck function via a crafted packet resulting in a denial of service (daemon exit) via a short timestamp. This is related to schema_init.c and checkTime.

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.5)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2021-Feb
Released
2021-02-24
Last Updated
2021-12-16
EPSS Score
22.24% (percentile: 95.8%)

FAQ

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability? One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

Affected Products (8)

Other

  • 13462-12137
  • 13463-12137
  • 13464-12138
  • 13465-12138
  • 13466-12139
  • 13467-12139
  • 13468-12140
  • 13469-12140

Revision History

  • 2021-02-24: Information published.
  • 2021-12-16: Added openldap to CBL-Mariner 2.0