SB2017042512 - Denial of service in 389-ds-base
Published: April 25, 2017 Updated: November 26, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017042512
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Adjecent network
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Untrusted Pointer Dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2668)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to invalid pointer dereference when processing LDAP bind requests in ns-slapd within 389-ds-base. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted LDAP request and perform a denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.