CVE-2015-0283

Published Mar 30, 2015

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request for a (1) group with a large number of members or (2) user that belongs to a large number of groups.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.8
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-399

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:redhat:slapi-nis:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "62BE980E-E956-4A0E-8E24-4E4B41260837",
            "versionEndIncluding": "0.54.1"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References