Denial of service in 389-ds-base

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU10911

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1054

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the 389-ds-base package due to out-of-bounds read when handling of certain Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) search filters. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted LDAP request, trigger memory error and cause the ns-slapd process.

Mitigation

Update to version 1.4.0.6.

Vulnerable software versions

389-ds-base: 1.1.0 - 1.4.0.5

External links

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1537314

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.