NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting ipa-healthcheck-core package, versions <0:0.7-3.module+el8.4.0+9007+5084bdd8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-IPAHEALTHCHECKCORE-2111715
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 May 2021

Introduced: 17 May 2021

CVE-2021-3480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 ipa-healthcheck-core to version 0:0.7-3.module+el8.4.0+9007+5084bdd8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ipa-healthcheck-core package and not the ipa-healthcheck-core package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1