CVE-2018-14638 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in 389-ds-base versions prior to 1.3.8.4-13, affecting Fedora Project and Red Hat products. This flaw allows a remote attacker to crash the ns-slapd process by unexpectedly terminating persistent search connections, leading to a complete service outage. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), it has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction or privileges. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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