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CVE-2015-0283
The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory...
Vulnerability Description
The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request for a (1) group with a large number of members or (2) user that belongs to a large number of groups.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
slapi-nis
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 30th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.