VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2591

CVSS score3.7 LOW
EPSS probability2.81%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-04-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Description

389-ds-base before version 1.3.6 is vulnerable to an improperly NULL terminated array in the uniqueness_entry_to_config() function in the "attribute uniqueness" plugin of 389 Directory Server. An authenticated, or possibly unauthenticated, attacker could use this flaw to force an out-of-bound heap memory read, possibly triggering a crash of the LDAP service.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references