Vulnerability CVE-2021-46823


Published: 2022-06-18

Description:
python-ldap before 3.4.0 is vulnerable to a denial of service when ldap.schema is used for untrusted schema definitions, because of a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) flaw in the LDAP schema parser. By sending crafted regex input, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service condition.

 References:
https://github.com/python-ldap/python-ldap/security/advisories/GHSA-r8wq-qrxc-hmcm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/221507

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