CVE-2015-1827
The get_user_grouplist function in the extdom plug-in in FreeIPA before 4.1.4 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a group list request for a user that…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.64%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The get_user_grouplist function in the extdom plug-in in FreeIPA before 4.1.4 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a group list request for a user that belongs to a large number of groups.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.64% probability · 85th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-19
- Affected
- freeipa/freeipa · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 2.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73376
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205200
- https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4908Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73376
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1205200
- https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4908Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.