CVE-2018-14648

moderate-risk

Published 2018-09-28

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.

Do I need to act?

7.5% 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 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

389 Directory Server

Debian Linux

Enterprise Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Fedoraproject

References (8)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3127

Issue Tracking https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3507

Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14648

Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00015.html

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3127

Issue Tracking https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3507

Third Party Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14648

Third Party Advisory https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00015.html

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 10/34 · Low

Exposure 9/34 · Low