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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1054
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: 389 Directory Server Project
Affected software:
389-ds-base

Detailed vulnerability 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1054

Update to version 1.4.0.6.

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