SB2022061625 - Dnial of service in 389-ds-base
Published: June 16, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2022061625
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) Incorrect authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-1949)
CWE-ID: CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization in the 389-ds-base package where some LDAP queries can cause performance issues. A remote attacker can send a non-optimal search that causes serious performance issues within the directory server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.