CVE-2017-2668

moderate-risk

Published 2018-06-22

389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service.

Do I need to act?

7.6% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.5/10 Medium

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (7)

389 Directory Server

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Affected Vendors

Redhat Fedoraproject

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97524

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0893

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0920

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2668

Issue Tracking https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49220

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97524

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0893

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0920

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2668

Issue Tracking https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49220

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 10/34 · Low

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate