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CVE-2017-2668

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (4)

Fedoraproject — 389 Directory ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Workstation

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