UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668

    Published: 22 Jun 2018Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-2668

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2668, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436575, https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49184, https://git.centos.org/raw/rpms!389-ds-base!/c9e5dad69e2b497f118efac56f43cc6c74b6a695/SOURCES!0072-fix-for-cve-2017-2668-simple-return-text-if-suffix-n.patch, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2668

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: 389-ds-base

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/389-ds-base?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.3.3.12-1build1
    1.3.3.13-1
    1.3.4.5-2
    1.3.4.8-1
    1.3.4.8-3
    1.3.4.8-3ubuntu1
    1.3.4.8-4
    1.3.4.9-1
    1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    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