CVE-2011-1067 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in 389 Directory Server by exploiting improper management of the c_timelimit field via Simple Paged Results connections.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2011-1067?

CVE-2011-1067 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

slapd (aka ns-slapd) in 389 Directory Server before 1.2.8.a2 does not properly manage the c_timelimit field of the connection table element, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via Simple Paged Results connections, as demonstrated by using multiple processes to replay TCP sessions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0019.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1067?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1067?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1067 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2011-1067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xc37-cv9h-f6mv.

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