High severity · published Sep 6, 2018
CVE-2018-14624
A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. The lock controlling the error log was not correctly used when re-opening the log file in log__error_emergency(). An attacker could send a flood of modifications to a very large DN, which would cause slapd to crash.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
3D
389 Directory Server · Fedoraproject
through 1.3.7.10; 1.3.8.0 through 1.3.8.8; 1.4.0.0 through 1.4.0.16 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
7.5; 7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
7.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14624
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14624
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00033.html
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14624
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00037.html
Exploit
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937
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