Buffer overflow in 389-ds-base - CVE-2017-2611
Published: May 10, 2018 / Updated: May 11, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12522
CSH Severity: Medium
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-2017-2611
CWE-ID: CWE-120
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of long search filters with characters that need to be escaped. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) request, trigger buffer overflow and cause the ns-slapd process to crash.
The weakness exists due to improper handling of long search filters with characters that need to be escaped. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) request, trigger buffer overflow and cause the ns-slapd process to crash.
Affected software
389-ds-base
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2611
Update to versions versions 1.3.6.15, 1.3.8.1 and 1.4.0.9.