Medium severity · published Jun 22, 2018
CVE-2017-2668
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled
6.5
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
3D
389 Directory Server · Fedoraproject
1.3.5.0 before 1.3.5.17; 1.3.6.0 before 1.3.6.10 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2668
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2668
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97524
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0893
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0920
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2668
Issue Tracking
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49220
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