Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2015-0283 (CCN-103014)

Assigned:2014-11-18
Published:2015-03-26
Updated:2023-02-13
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Low
CVSS v2 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
5.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Complete
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
5.0 Medium (REDHAT CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
3.7 Low (REDHAT Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): Partial
Vulnerability Type:CWE-835
Vulnerability Consequences:Denial of Service
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2015-0283

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: BID-73377
slapi-nis Directory Server Plugin CVE-2015-0283 Multiple Remote Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla รข?? Bug 1195729
Bug 1195729 - (CVE-2015-0283) CVE-2015-0283 slapi-nis: infinite loop in getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r()

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
slapinisplugin-cve20150283-dos(103014)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Type: UNKNOWN
secalert@redhat.com

Source: CCN
Type: Fedora Project Mailing List, Mon Apr 6 08:32:42 UTC 2015
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: freeipa-4.1.4-1.fc21

Source: CCN
Type: Fedora Project Mailing List, Tue Mar 31 21:55:14 UTC 2015
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: freeipa-4.1.4-1.fc22

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:0728-1
Moderate: ipa and slapi-nis security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2015-0283

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::client:*:*:*:*:*
  • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode:*:*:*:*:*
  • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::server:*:*:*:*:*
  • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201502830000000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20150283000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20150283000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201502830000000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20150283000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201502830000000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20150283000
    V
    CVE-2015-0283 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.
    2015-03-30
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20150728
    P
    RHSA-2015:0728: ipa and slapi-nis security and bug fix update (Moderate)
    2015-03-26
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