CVE-2018-14648

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 v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3127	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3507	Issue Tracking 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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-09-28 13:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2018-14648

Mitre link : CVE-2018-14648

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-14648

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

389_directory_server

debian

debian_linux

redhat

enterprise_linux

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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