Improper Input Validation Affecting 389-ds-base-devel package, versions <0:1.3.7.5-28.amzn2.0.1
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed6 Sept 2018
Introduced: 6 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-14624 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 389-ds-base-devel to version 0:1.3.7.5-28.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1094.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream 389-ds-base-devel package and not the 389-ds-base-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14624
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14624
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00037.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00033.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14624
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619450