vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-14638: ELSA-2018-2757: 389-ds-base security and bug fix update (MODERATE)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 30, 2018
Added
Sep 26, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
A double-free of a password policy structure was found in the way slapd was handling certain errors during persistent search. A unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to crash Directory Server.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-389-ds-baseoracle-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-develoracle-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base-snmp
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