Upstream information

CVE-2015-0283 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • ipa-admintools >= 4.1.0-18.el7_1.3
  • ipa-client >= 4.1.0-18.el7_1.3
  • ipa-python >= 4.1.0-18.el7_1.3
  • ipa-server >= 4.1.0-18.el7_1.3
  • ipa-server-trust-ad >= 4.1.0-18.el7_1.3
  • slapi-nis >= 0.54-3.el7_1
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2015:0728

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Mar 26 09:56:23 2015
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:22:00 2025