CVE-2019-3883
HIGHFedoraproject 389 Directory Server < 1.4.1.2 - Resource Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
In 389-ds-base up to version 1.4.1.2, requests are handled by workers threads. Each sockets will be waited by the worker for at most 'ioblocktimeout' seconds. However this timeout applies only for un-encrypted requests. Connections using SSL/TLS are not taking this timeout into account during reads, and may hang longer.An unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly create hanging LDAP requests to hang all the workers, resulting in a Denial of Service.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0036
EPSS Percentile
57.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Affected Products (3)
fedoraproject/389_directory_server
< 1.4.1.2
debian/debian_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux
Timeline
Published
Apr 17, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026