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.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-02-14T02:53:26.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-14T11:34:54.513Z

Reserved: 2021-02-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27212

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-02-14T03:15:12.957

Modified: 2026-10-14T12:17:09.847

Link: CVE-2021-27212

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-02-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-27212 - Bugzilla