CVE-2017-2668 is an invalid pointer dereference vulnerability affecting 389-ds-base versions prior to 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10, impacting various Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted LDAP bind request, causing the ns-slapd service to crash. This results in a denial of service (DoS) with a CVSS v3 score of 6.5 (Medium). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.3.5.0, < 1.3.5.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.3.6.0, < 1.3.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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