Resource Exhaustion Affecting 389-ds-base package, versions <0:1.3.7.5-28.el7_5


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.31% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-389DSBASE-4883554
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Aug 2018

Introduced: 30 Aug 2018

CVE-2018-14638  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 389-ds-base to version 0:1.3.7.5-28.el7_5 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:2757.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream 389-ds-base package and not the 389-ds-base package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base before version 1.3.8.4-13. The process ns-slapd crashes in delete_passwdPolicy function when persistent search connections are terminated unexpectedly leading to remote denial of service.