Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-1089 |
CWE-ID | CWE-119 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Amazon Linux AMI Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Amazon Web Services |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU12607
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1089
CWE-ID:
CWE-119 - Memory corruption
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in ns-slapd due to improper handling of long search filters with characters needing escapes. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted LDAP request, trigger buffer overflow and cause the service to crash.
MitigationUpdate the affected packages.
i686:Vulnerable software versions
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.i686
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.i686
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.i686
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.i686
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.i686
src:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.src
x86_64:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.x86_64
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.x86_64
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.x86_64
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.x86_64
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-21.56.amzn1.x86_64
Amazon Linux AMI: All versions
External linkshttp://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1036.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.