Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2015-1827 |
CWE-ID | CWE-19 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Fedoraproject |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40859
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1827
CWE-ID:
CWE-19 - Data Handling
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The 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.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 21 - 22
External linkshttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73376
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205200
http://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4908
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.