CVE-2018-14648

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14648
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-28 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:35:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
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
1630668 – (CVE-2018-14648) CVE-2018-14648 389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1554-1] 389-ds-base security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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