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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"imported": "2026-04-20T22:59:56.358Z",
"published": "2021-02-14T03:15:12.957Z",
"modified": "2024-11-21T05:57:36.240Z",
"id": "CVE-2021-27212",
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"status": "Modified"
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"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27212",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2021-27212"
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