Out-of-bounds read in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-1054

 

Out-of-bounds read in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-1054

Published: March 12, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10911
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1054
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.

Affected software

389-ds-base
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1054

Update to version 1.4.0.6.


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