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
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
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.