CVE-2018-14648 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in 389 Directory Server

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling10 documents7 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
7.5%
top 8.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Port389 389-ds-baseFedoraproject 389 Directory ServerRedhat 389-ds-base+2 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 28
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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.

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 Packages3 packages

▶Debianport389/389-ds-base< 1.4.0.18-1+2
▶CVEListV5redhat/389-ds-base1.4.0.x before 1.4.0.17

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Enterprise Linux 7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-pghh-mx5f-3vcv: A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-14648: A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server↗2018-09-28
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OSV
CVE-2018-14648: A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server↗2018-09-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
389-ds-base: Insufficient fix for CVE-2018-14648 denial of service in RHEL-7.5↗2019-06-19
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Red Hat
389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service↗2018-09-21
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Debian
CVE-2018-14648: 389-ds-base - A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could...↗2018
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💬Community

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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-10171 389-ds-base: Insufficient fix for CVE-2018-14648 denial of service in RHEL-7.5↗2019-06-19
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14648 389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service [fedora-all]↗2018-09-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14648 389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service↗2018-09-19
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