NULL pointer dereference in 389-ds-base - CVE-2022-2850

Vulnerability identifier: #VU66990

CSH Severity: Medium

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-2022-2850

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the sync_create_state_control() function when running a sync_repl client. A remote authenticated user can pass a malformed cookie in a query and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU54107 (CVE-2021-3514).

389-ds-base
Red Hat Directory Server
Oracle Linux
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
CentOS
Anolis OS
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 Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
SUSE Linux Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
openSUSE Leap
389-ds-base (Red Hat package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
389-ds-base-tests
389-ds-base-snmp
389-ds-base-libs
389-ds-base-devel
389-ds-base
python3-lib389
cockpit-389-ds
389-ds-base-legacy-tools
389-ds-debuginfo
389-ds
389-ds-debugsource
389-ds-devel
389-ds-snmp
389-ds-snmp-debuginfo
lib389
libsvrcore0
libsvrcore0-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

389-ds-base (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.3.10.2-17.el7_9, 2.0.14-3.el9_0, 2.1.3-4.el9_1
389-ds-base-tests - update to 1.3.10.2-17
389-ds-base-snmp - addressed in versions 1.3.10.2-17, 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
389-ds-base-libs - addressed in versions 1.3.10.2-17, 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
389-ds-base-devel - addressed in versions 1.3.10.2-17, 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
389-ds-base - addressed in versions 1.3.10.2-17, 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
python3-lib389 - update to 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
cockpit-389-ds - update to 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
389-ds-base-legacy-tools - update to 1.4.3.28-8.0.1
389-ds-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
389-ds - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
389-ds-debugsource - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
389-ds-devel - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
389-ds-snmp - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
389-ds-snmp-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
lib389 - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
libsvrcore0 - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1
libsvrcore0-debuginfo - addressed in versions 1.4.4.19~git46.c900a28c8-150300.3.22.1, 2.0.16~git20.219f047ae-150400.3.10.1

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1952907
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1202470
• https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4711

• NULL pointer dereference in 389-ds-base
• SUSE update for 389-ds
• SUSE update for 389-ds
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for 389-ds-base
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for the 389-ds:1.4 module
• CentOS 7 update for 389-ds-base
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for 389-ds-base
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update Support update for the 389-ds:1.4 module
• Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 for RHEL 8 update for the redhat-ds:11 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update Support update for 389-ds-base
• Red Hat Directory Server 12.0 for RHEL 9 update for the redhat-ds:12 module
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Linux
• Anolis OS update for 389-ds-base
• Anolis OS update for 389-ds:1.4 module