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CVE-2006-6493

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 9.26%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-12-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.1. It may be remotely exploitable.

CVE
CVE-2006-6493
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.1
EPSS
9.26%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the krbv4_ldap_auth function in servers/slapd/kerberos.c in OpenLDAP 2.4.3 and earlier, when OpenLDAP is compiled with the --enable-kbind (Kerberos KBIND) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an LDAP bind request using the LDAP_AUTH_KRBV41 authentication method and long credential data.