CVE-2017-6384 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Atheme-services

CWE-772 — Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.13%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Debian Atheme-servicesAtheme
Timeline
PublishedMar 2
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Memory leak in the login_user function in saslserv/main.c in saslserv/main.so in Atheme 7.2.7 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to consume memory and cause a denial of service. This is fixed in 7.2.8.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

▶debiandebian/atheme-services< atheme-services 7.2.9-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDatheme/atheme7.2.7

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-qc7h-hr54-rxwh: Memory leak in the login_user function in saslserv/main↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-6384: Memory leak in the login_user function in saslserv/main↗2017-03-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-6384: atheme-services - Memory leak in the login_user function in saslserv/main.c in saslserv/main.so in...↗2017
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CVE-2017-6384 — Debian Atheme-services vulnerability | cvebase