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    CVE-2015-0283

    The 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.

    Published:Mar 26, 2015
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Mar 30, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.01799
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Slapi-nis

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729
    https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729
    https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High