CVE-2018-1089
389-ds-base: ns-slapd crash via large filter value in ldapsearch
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · May 8, 2018
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
It was found that 389-ds-base did not properly handle long search filters with characters needing escapes, possibly leading to buffer overflows. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP request, thus resulting in denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow