CVE-2017-2591 Information

Description

389-ds-base before version 1.3.6 is vulnerable to an improperly NULL terminated array in the uniqueness_entry_to_config() function in the \attribute uniqueness\ plugin of 389 Directory Server. An authenticated or possibly unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to force an out-of-bound heap memory read possibly triggering a crash of the LDAP service.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95670 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2591 https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/48986

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5