CVE-2015-0283

NameCVE-2015-0283
DescriptionThe slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request for a (1) group with a large number of members or (2) user that belongs to a large number of groups.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs781346

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
slapi-nis (PTS)buster0.56.2-1fixed
bullseye0.56.5-2fixed
sid, bookworm0.60.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
slapi-nissource(unstable)0.54.2-1781346

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