CVE-2015-1827

FreeIPA < 4.1.4 - Denial of Service via Group List Request

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The get_user_grouplist function in the extdom plug-in in FreeIPA before 4.1.4 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a group list request for a user that belongs to a large number of groups.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4908
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73376
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205200

Scores

EPSS 0.0264
EPSS Percentile 84.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-19
Status published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora 21
fedoraproject/fedora 22
freeipa/freeipa < 4.1.3
Published Mar 30, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026