CVE-2022-0918 (GCVE-0-2022-0918)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-16 14:04 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34
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Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in the 389 Directory Server that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the LDAP port to cause a denial of service. The denial of service is triggered by a single message sent over a TCP connection, no bind or other authentication is required. The message triggers a segmentation fault that results in slapd crashing.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a 389-ds-base Affected: 1.4
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