CVE-2018-10935 Denial of service in 389-ds-base
An attacker can crash the 389 Directory Server by sending a crafted ldapsearch request with server-side sort, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-10935?
CVE-2018-10935 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Red Hat 389-ds-base, published on 11 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A flaw was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows users to cause a crash in the LDAP server using ldapsearch with server side sort.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10935?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat 389 Directory Server.
How do I fix CVE-2018-10935?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2018-10935 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10935 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat 389-ds-base
- CVE-2026-11770 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: pre-auth ldap filter injection in cleanallruv status check
- CVE-2026-15722 Memory corruption in Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8
- CVE-2026-9064 Denial of service in Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8
- CVE-2010-2222 Null dereference in Red Hat Directory Server
- CVE-2026-11611 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: content sync plugin unbounded queue growth and race conditions
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10935, GHSA-f8xp-r7x3-274c, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10935.