SB2022051237 - Denial of service in Red Hat Directory Server
Published: May 12, 2022 Updated: August 18, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022051237
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0918)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling network packets. A remote attacker can create a single TCP packet to the LDAP port, trigger a segmentation fault and crash the slapd daemon.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.