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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-14648: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2018-1106)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-14648: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2018-1106)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/28/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
12/07/2018
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base

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