High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 6, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-14624
CVE-2018-14624
Description
A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. The lock controlling the error log was not correctly used when re-opening the log file in log__error_emergency(). An attacker could send a flood of modifications to a very large DN, which would cause slapd to crash.
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Affected products
15- cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <=1.3.7.10
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=1.4.0.16
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/389-ds&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/389-ds&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/389-ds&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/389-ds&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1
< 1.4.0.3-lp150.3.3.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0.3-lp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0.3-4.7.52
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0.3-4.7.52
- Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00037.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00033.htmlnvd
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