CVE-2018-1089 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in 389-ds-base versions prior to 1.4.0.9, 1.3.8.1, and 1.3.6.15, affecting products like Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to crash the ns-slapd service, leading to a denial of service, by sending a specially crafted LDAP request with long, escaped search filters. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), the attack requires no user interaction or privileges, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.3.6.0, < 1.3.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.4.0.0, < 1.4.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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