LDAP: Red Hat 389 Directory Server Server-Side-Sort Denial of Service

This signature detects attempt to exploit a denial-of-service vulnerability which has been reported in 389 Directory Server.A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send LDAP requests with server-side-sort enabled to trigger the vulnerability. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could cause the ns-slapd process to abnormally terminate.

Extended Description

A flaw was found in the 389 Directory Server that allows users to cause a crash in the LDAP server using ldapsearch with server side sort.

Affected Products

Redhat 389_directory_server

References

CVE: CVE-2018-10935

Short Name
LDAP:REDHAT-DIRSRV-DOS
Severity
Major
Recommended
True
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
LDAP
Keywords
389 CVE-2018-10935 Denial Directory Hat Red Server Server-Side-Sort Service of
Release Date
10/30/2018
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3337
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors

Redhat

CVSS Score

4.0

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