CVE-2021-3480 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Project Slapi-nis

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.8%
top 17.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Slapi-nis Project Slapi-nisDebian Slapi-nisFedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMay 24

Description

A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/slapi-nis< slapi-nis 0.56.5-2 (bookworm)
▶Debianslapi-nis_project/slapi-nis< 0.56.5-2+2
▶CVEListV5slapi-nis_project/slapi-nisslapi-nis 0.56.7

Also affects: Fedora 33, 34

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-7c98-4wpw-92jq: A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2021-3480: A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0↗2021-05-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Red Hat
slapi-nis: NULL dereference (DoS) with specially crafted Binding DN↗2021-05-17
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Debian
CVE-2021-3480: slapi-nis - A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer derefere...↗2021
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