Untrusted Pointer Dereference in 389-ds-base - CVE-2017-2668
Published: November 26, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23003
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2668
CWE-ID: CWE-822
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
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 invalid pointer dereference when processing LDAP bind requests in ns-slapd within 389-ds-base. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted LDAP request and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2668
Install updates from vendor's website.