SB2022051237 - Denial of service in Red Hat Directory Server 



SB2022051237 - Denial of service in Red Hat Directory Server

Published: May 12, 2022 Updated: August 18, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022051237
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0918)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when handling network packets. A remote attacker can create a single TCP packet to the LDAP port, trigger a segmentation fault and crash the slapd daemon.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.