CVE-2015-1827

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1827
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-30 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe get_user_grouplist function in the extdom plug-in in FreeIPA before 4.1.4 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a group list request for a user that belongs to a large number of groups.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-19

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Freeipa Freeipa All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
#4908 (Extdom plugin fails when encountering large groups) – freeipa CONFIRM fedorahosted.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2015-1827 MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 1205200 – CVE-2015-1827 ipa: memory corruption when using get_user_grouplist() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: freeipa-4.1.4-1.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: freeipa-4.1.4-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
FreeIPA 'get_user_grouplist()' Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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