Double Free The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package 389-ds-base  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-389DSBASE-456184
  • published25 Sept 2018
  • disclosed14 Sept 2018

Introduced: 14 Sep 2018

CVE-2018-14638  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

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 Ubuntu.

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.