Improper input validation in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-10935

 

Improper input validation in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-10935

Published: October 23, 2018 / Updated: October 25, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15529
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10935
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper processing of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) queries. A remote attacker can send execute the ldapsearch command with server-side sorting controls and cause the LDAP server to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.


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 IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-10935

The vulnerability has been addressed in the versions 1.3.8.7 and 1.4.0.14.

389-ds-base - addressed in versions 1.3.8.7, 1.4.0.14

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