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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-4091: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2022-1629)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2021-4091: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2022-1629)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/18/2022
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/24/2022
Modified
08/24/2022

Description

A double-free was found in the way 389-ds-base handles virtual attributes context in persistent searches. An attacker could send a series of search requests, forcing the server to behave unexpectedly, and crash.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base

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