| Name | CVE-2018-14648 |
| Description | A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1554-1 |
| NVD severity | high (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base (PTS) | jessie | 1.3.3.5-4 | vulnerable |
| jessie (security) | 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 1.3.5.17-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 1.4.0.19-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 389-ds-base | source | (unstable) | 1.4.0.18-1 | high | ||
| 389-ds-base | source | jessie | 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u4 | high | DLA-1554-1 |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1630668
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/a49bd03d6 (1.4.0.17)
1.3.7: https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/c8ec6e58c
1.3.8: https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/5fc374b43
Note that these patches are incomplete and cause a regression (crash). Bundle with
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/a6369790c (1.4.0.17)
1.3.7: https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/722a6f867
1.3.8: https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/bdb1af66c
see https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49969