CVE-2017-15135

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-15135
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-24 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:28:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that 389-ds-base since 1.3.6.1 up to and including 1.4.0.3 did not always handle internal hash comparison operations correctly during the authentication process. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the authentication process under very rare and specific circumstances.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server All All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1525628 – (CVE-2017-15135) CVE-2017-15135 389-ds-base: Authentication bypass due to lack of size check in slapi_ct_memcmp function in ch_malloc.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-15135 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Red Hat '389-ds-base' CVE-2017-15135 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1397-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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