CVE-2017-2591

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-09-13
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1381481: CVE-2017-2591 389-ds-base: Heap buffer overflow in uiduniq.c
It was found that the uniqueness_entry_to_config() function, used by the "attribute uniqueness" plugin of 389 Directory Server, did not properly NULL terminate an array used in some configuration. An authenticated, or possibly unauthenticated, attacker could use this flaw to force an out-of-bound heap memory read, possibly triggering a crash of the LDAP service.

Find out more about CVE-2017-2591 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security
impact, a future update may address this flaw.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.7
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 389-ds-base Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 389-ds-base Not affected

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