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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-2668: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2017-824)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-2668: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2017-824)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/11/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2017
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base

References

  • ALAS-2017-824
  • CVE-2017-2668

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