Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 22, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-2668

Description

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.

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Affected products

389 Directory Server/389 Ds Basev5
Range: 389-ds-base 1.3.5.17

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/97524nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0893nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0920nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49220nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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