CVE-2018-14624

A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. The lock controlling the error log was not…

High7.5EPSS 2.4%

Published: 6 Sept 2018
Updated: 5 Aug 2024
Reserved: 27 Jul 2018
Assigned by: redhat

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. 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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-14624, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
redhatCNA (assigner)	3.0	High7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified	3.0	High7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] · 389-ds-base
- affected unspecified – ≤ 1.4.0.16
- affected unspecified – ≤ 1.3.8.8
- affected unspecified – ≤ 1.3.7.10

References (5)

RHSA-2018:2757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
[debian-lts-announce] 20180929 [SECURITY] [DLA 1526-1] 389-ds-base security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14624 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
openSUSE-SU-2019:1397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred

Sources

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 09:29 UTC.