Red Hat Directory Server stops intermittenly with error : buffer overflow detected

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Issue

  • Red Hat Directory Server crashes intermittently with the error buffer overflow detected:

    dirsrv@example-com.service - 389 Directory Server example-com.
       Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/dirsrv@.service; enabled; preset: disabled)
       Drop-In: /usr/lib/systemd/system/dirsrv@.service.d
                └─custom.conf
       Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Tue 2024-10-08 00:56:06 EDT; 3h 1min ago
       Duration: 3w 28min 34.300s
       Process: 1767038 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/ns-slapd -D /etc/dirsrv/slapd-example-com -i /run/dirsrv/slapd-example-com.pid (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
       Main PID: 1767038 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)
       Status: "slapd started: Ready to process requests"
          CPU: 7h 49min 14.175s
    
    Oct 08 00:56:06 rhds-server.example.com ns-slapd[1767038]: *** buffer overflow detected ***: terminated
    Oct 08 00:56:06 rhds-server.example.com systemd-coredump[2561084]: Process 1767038 (ns-slapd) of user 389 dumped core.
    Oct 08 00:56:06 rhds-server.example.com systemd[1]: dirsrv@example-com.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
    Oct 08 00:56:06 rhds-server.example.com systemd[1]: dirsrv@example-com.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.
    Oct 08 00:56:06 rhds-server.example.com systemd[1]: dirsrv@example-com.service: Consumed 7h 49min 14.175s CPU time
    
  • CVE-2024-1062

Environment

  • Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS) 12.2

    • 389-ds-base-2.1.8-1.module+el9dsrv+18377+a10e6f72.x86_64
    • All previous minor releases.
  • Red Hat Directory Server (RHDS) 11.7.5

    • 389-ds-base-1.4.3.34-1.module+el8dsrv+18528+22f7779f.x86_64
    • All previous minor releases.

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