Denial of service in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-14638

 

Denial of service in 389-ds-base - CVE-2018-14638

Published: October 24, 2018 / Updated: October 29, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15562
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-2018-14638
CWE-ID: CWE-264
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 vulnerability exists due to unspecified flaw. A remote attacker can terminate persistent search connections and cause the process ns-slapd to crash in delete_passwdPolicy function.


How to mitigate CVE-2018-14638

Update to version 1.3.8.4-13.

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