MGASA-2016-0081

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    MGASA-2016-0081

    Published: 23 Feb 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-0741

    Summary: Updated 389-ds-base packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: An infinite-loop vulnerability was discovered in the 389 directory server, where the server failed to correctly handle unexpectedly closed client connections. A remote attacker able to connect to the server could use this flaw to make the directory server consume an excessive amount of CPU and stop accepting connections (denial of service) (CVE-2016-0741).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0081.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17784, https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0204.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: 389-ds-base

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/389-ds-base?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.3.4.8-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    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