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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-14638: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2018-1094)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2018-14638: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2018-1094)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
09/14/2018
Created
05/08/2020
Added
04/27/2020
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base before version 1.3.8.4-13. The process ns-slapd crashes in delete_passwdPolicy function when persistent search connections are terminated unexpectedly leading to remote denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-389-ds-base
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-389-ds-base-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-389-ds-base-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-389-ds-base-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-389-ds-base-snmp

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