VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-3480
A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.70% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- slapi-nis project/slapi-nis · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944640Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVQCDRQRFHXVR3Z3FQYM3UMC7QZUDDRJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MXMOMPTZTGOVFOZUUNXHOVCAYIPST74W/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1944640Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVQCDRQRFHXVR3Z3FQYM3UMC7QZUDDRJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MXMOMPTZTGOVFOZUUNXHOVCAYIPST74W/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.