--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
+index 1ca09b4..60caf3d 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
++++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap.h
+@@ -102,14 +102,18 @@ extern void prepend_err_str (krb5_context ctx, const char *s, krb5_error_code er
+ #define LDAP_SEARCH(base, scope, filter, attrs) LDAP_SEARCH_1(base, scope, filter, attrs, CHECK_STATUS)
+
+ #define LDAP_SEARCH_1(base, scope, filter, attrs, status_check) \
+- do { \
+- st = ldap_search_ext_s(ld, base, scope, filter, attrs, 0, NULL, NULL, &timelimit, LDAP_NO_LIMIT, &result); \
+- if (translate_ldap_error(st, OP_SEARCH) == KRB5_KDB_ACCESS_ERROR) { \
+- tempst = krb5_ldap_rebind(ldap_context, &ldap_server_handle); \
+- if (ldap_server_handle) \
+- ld = ldap_server_handle->ldap_handle; \
+- } \
+- }while (translate_ldap_error(st, OP_SEARCH) == KRB5_KDB_ACCESS_ERROR && tempst == 0); \
++ tempst = 0; \
++ st = ldap_search_ext_s(ld, base, scope, filter, attrs, 0, NULL, \
++ NULL, &timelimit, LDAP_NO_LIMIT, &result); \
++ if (translate_ldap_error(st, OP_SEARCH) == KRB5_KDB_ACCESS_ERROR) { \
++ tempst = krb5_ldap_rebind(ldap_context, &ldap_server_handle); \
++ if (ldap_server_handle) \
++ ld = ldap_server_handle->ldap_handle; \
++ if (tempst == 0) \
++ st = ldap_search_ext_s(ld, base, scope, filter, attrs, 0, \
++ NULL, NULL, &timelimit, \
++ LDAP_NO_LIMIT, &result); \
++ } \
+ \
+ if (status_check != IGNORE_STATUS) { \
+ if (tempst != 0) { \
+diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap_conn.c b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap_conn.c
+index 82b0333..84e80ee 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap_conn.c
++++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/kdb_ldap_conn.c
+@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ krb5_ldap_rebind(krb5_ldap_context *ldap_context,
+ {
+ krb5_ldap_server_handle *handle = *ldap_server_handle;
+
++ ldap_unbind_ext_s(handle->ldap_handle, NULL, NULL);
+ if ((ldap_initialize(&handle->ldap_handle, handle->server_info->server_name) != LDAP_SUCCESS)
+ || (krb5_ldap_bind(ldap_context, handle) != LDAP_SUCCESS))
+ return krb5_ldap_request_next_handle_from_pool(ldap_context, ldap_server_handle);
+diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_misc.c b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_misc.c
+index f549e23..b70940f 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_misc.c
++++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_misc.c
+@@ -446,12 +446,11 @@ is_principal_in_realm(krb5_ldap_context *ldap_context,
+ * portion, then the first portion of the principal name SHOULD be
+ * "krbtgt". All this check is done in the immediate block.
+ */
+- if (searchfor->length == 2)
+- if ((strncasecmp(searchfor->data[0].data, "krbtgt",
+- FIND_MAX(searchfor->data[0].length, strlen("krbtgt"))) == 0) &&
+- (strncasecmp(searchfor->data[1].data, defrealm,
+- FIND_MAX(searchfor->data[1].length, defrealmlen)) == 0))
++ if (searchfor->length == 2) {
++ if (data_eq_string(searchfor->data[0], "krbtgt") &&
++ data_eq_string(searchfor->data[1], defrealm))
+ return 0;
++ }
+
+ /* first check the length, if they are not equal, then they are not same */
+ if (strlen(defrealm) != searchfor->realm.length)
+diff --git a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
+index 7ad31da..626ed1f 100644
+--- a/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
++++ b/src/plugins/kdb/ldap/libkdb_ldap/ldap_principal2.c
+@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ krb5_ldap_get_principal(krb5_context context, krb5_const_principal searchfor,
+ unsigned int flags, krb5_db_entry *entries,
+ int *nentries, krb5_boolean *more)
+ {
+- char *user=NULL, *filter=NULL, **subtree=NULL;
++ char *user=NULL, *filter=NULL, *filtuser=NULL;
+ unsigned int tree=0, ntrees=1, princlen=0;
+ krb5_error_code tempst=0, st=0;
+- char **values=NULL, *cname=NULL;
++ char **values=NULL, **subtree=NULL, *cname=NULL;
+ LDAP *ld=NULL;
+ LDAPMessage *result=NULL, *ent=NULL;
+ krb5_ldap_context *ldap_context=NULL;
+@@ -142,12 +142,18 @@ krb5_ldap_get_principal(krb5_context context, krb5_const_principal searchfor,
+ if ((st=krb5_ldap_unparse_principal_name(user)) != 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+
+- princlen = strlen(FILTER) + strlen(user) + 2 + 1; /* 2 for closing brackets */
++ filtuser = ldap_filter_correct(user);
++ if (filtuser == NULL) {
++ st = ENOMEM;
++ goto cleanup;
++ }
++
++ princlen = strlen(FILTER) + strlen(filtuser) + 2 + 1; /* 2 for closing brackets */
+ if ((filter = malloc(princlen)) == NULL) {
+ st = ENOMEM;
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+- snprintf(filter, princlen, FILTER"%s))", user);
++ snprintf(filter, princlen, FILTER"%s))", filtuser);
+
+ if ((st = krb5_get_subtree_info(ldap_context, &subtree, &ntrees)) != 0)
+ goto cleanup;
+@@ -231,6 +237,9 @@ cleanup:
+ if (user)
+ free(user);
+
++ if (filtuser)
++ free(filtuser);
++
+ if (cname)
+ free(cname);
+