Resource exhaustion in 389-ds-base - CVE-2019-10171
Published: August 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20064
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10171
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: 389 Directory Server Project
Affected software:
389-ds-base
389-ds-base
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for SB2018091804 (CVE-2018-14648) in RHEL 7.5. A remote attacker can still trigger resource exhaustion.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-10171
Install updates from vendor's website.