{"id":"CVE-2018-14624","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-14624","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:43:51.282Z","title":"A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16.","description":"A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16. The lock controlling the error log was not correctly used when re-opening the log file in log__error_emergency(). An attacker could send a flood of modifications to a very large DN, which would cause slapd to crash.","published":"2018-09-06T14:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:41:19.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["fedoraproject/389 directory server","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux server aus","redhat/enterprise linux server eus","redhat/enterprise linux server tus","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02384,"percentile":0.83831,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00033.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14624","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00037.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00033.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2757","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14624","tags":["Exploit","Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00037.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49937","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14624","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}