CVE-2018-14638

HIGH

389 Directory Server < 1.3.8.4 - Denial of Service via Persistent Search Connection Termination

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base before version 1.3.8.4-13. The process ns-slapd crashes in delete_passwdPolicy function when persistent search connections are terminated unexpectedly leading to remote denial of service.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14638
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/c/78fc627accacfa4061ce48977e22301f81ea8d73

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0265
EPSS Percentile 83.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-415
Status published
Products (8)
fedoraproject/389_directory_server < 1.3.8.4
redhat/enterprise_linux_aus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
Published Sep 14, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026