What is CVE-2021-3480?

CVE-2021-3480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slapi-Nis Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2021-3480?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Slapi-Nis Project

CVE-2021-3480

A flaw was found in slapi-nis in versions before 0.56.7. A NULL pointer dereference during the parsing of the Binding DN could allow an unauthenticated attacker to crash the 389-ds-base directory server. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

EPSS: 0.017 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Slapi-nis_project Slapi-nis
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 33, 34
N/a Slapi-nis — versions slapi-nis 0.56.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

secalert@redhat.com (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3480?: CVE-2021-3480 is a high-severity vulnerability in Slapi-Nis Project, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2021-3480?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.