CVE-2017-9287
A double-free flaw was found in the way OpenLDAP's slapd server using the MDB backend handled LDAP searches. A remote attacker with access to search the directory could potentially use this flaw to crash slapd by issuing a specially crafted LDAP search query.
Find out more about CVE-2017-9287 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue does not affect the versions of OpenLDAP as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7 as they don't use the affected MDB backend in their default configurations. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 6.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (openldap) | RHSA-2017:1852 | 2017-08-01 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 2 | openldap | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EWS 1 | openldap | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 5 | openldap | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | openldap | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openldap | Not affected |