CVE-2017-9287: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 7.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

servers/slapd/back-mdb/search.c in OpenLDAP through 2.4.44 is prone to a double free vulnerability. A user with access to search the directory can crash slapd by issuing a search including the Paged Results control with a page size of 0.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only
• McAfee Policy Auditor: before 6.5.1 (fixed in 6.5.1)
• Openldap Openldap: up to and including 2.4.44
• Oracle Blockchain Platform: before 21.1.2 (fixed in 21.1.2)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus: version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.6 only; version 7.7 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 7.0 only

Published 2017-05-29. Last modified 2026-06-17.