CVE-2018-14624

389-ds-base: Server crash through modify command with large DN

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · August 31, 2018

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base. The lock controlling the error log was not correctly used when re-opening the log file in log__error_emergency(). An attacker could send a flood of modifications to a very large DN, which would cause slapd to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation