Resource exhaustion in Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server
CVE-2019-10171
It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-14648 in 389-ds-base, versions 1.4.0.x before 1.4.0.17, was incorrectly applied in RHEL 7.5. An attacker would still be able to provoke excessive CPU consumption leading to a denial of service.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server
- Red Hat 389-Ds-Base — versions 1.4.0.x before 1.4.0.17
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus — versions 7.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10171?
- CVE-2019-10171 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10171?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-10171 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.