CVE-2017-2591

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2591
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-04-30 12:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:43:00 UTC
Description389-ds-base before version 1.3.6 is vulnerable to an improperly NULL terminated array in the uniqueness_entry_to_config() function in the "attribute uniqueness" plugin of 389 Directory Server. An authenticated, or possibly unauthenticated, attacker could use this flaw to force an out-of-bound heap memory read, possibly triggering a crash of the LDAP service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server All All All All
Application Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
389 Directory Server CVE-2017-2591 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Issue #48986: Test 47808 triggers buffer overflow - 389-ds-base - Pagure CONFIRM pagure.io Patch, Third Party Advisory
1381481 – (CVE-2017-2591) CVE-2017-2591 389-ds-base: Heap buffer overflow in uiduniq.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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