CVE-2017-15134 Memory corruption in 389-ds-base

High 7.5 Published Updated

A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a denial of service in 389-ds-base by sending a specially crafted LDAP search filter that triggers a stack buffer overflow.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2017-15134?

CVE-2017-15134 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 1 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A stack buffer overflow flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base 1.3.6.x before 1.3.6.13, 1.3.7.x before 1.3.7.9, 1.4.x before 1.4.0.5 handled certain LDAP search filters. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP request, thus resulting in denial of service.

Weakness: CWE-119, CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15134?

It affects 5 products.

Linux distribution packages (20)
389-ds-base Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-snmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-snmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenodeAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-snmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::serverAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4
389-ds-base-snmp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstationAll versions0:1.3.6.1-26.el7_4

Products include Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15134?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-15134 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15134 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15134, GHSA-7358-vfr4-6m85, MGASA-2018-0122, RHSA-2018:0163, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15134.

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