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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2016-664) (CVE-2016-0741)

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Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2016-664) (CVE-2016-0741)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
03/11/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/11/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

An infinite-loop vulnerability was discovered in the 389 directory server, where the server failed to correctly handle unexpectedly closed client connections. A remote attacker able to connect to the server could use this flaw to make the directory server consume an excessive amount of CPU and stop accepting connections (denial of service).

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-devel
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-libs

References

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