Re: (ITS#4739) Server crashes every time alias is dereferenced

[hyc@symas.com]

hardimankevin@yahoo.com wrote:
> Full_Name: Kevin Hardiman
> Version: 2.3.27
> OS: Linux (Mandriva 2007)
> URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
> Submission from: (NULL) (24.90.130.182)
> 
> 
> Using the very simple alias below, OpenLDAP will crash every time it is
> dereferenced:
> 
> dn: uid=test,ou=Users,ou=bladiant,ou=smb,ou=Core Services,dc=example,dc=com
> objectClass: alias
> objectclass: extensibleObject
> uid: test
> aliasedObjectName: uid=test,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com
> 
> This error has been experience with OpenLDAP releases 2.3.6 and 2.3.27, both in
> the form of provided Mandriva packages.  I also have seen a number of references
> to this error in previous releases, with no explicit fix.  Please advise.

Well, considering that no one has reported any such problem during the 
whole time releases 2.3.6-2.3.27 were published, it's no surprise that 
there has been no fix yet.

There's not enough information here to reproduce the bug. What backend 
are you using, what other entries are in the database? In particular, 
does "uid=test,ou=Users,dc=example,dc=com" exist? You should provide a 
sample slapd.conf and minimal LDIF needed to reproduce the error.

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