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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-14648

An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.29%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. A specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
6.29% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
fedoraproject/389 directory server · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.