CVE-2018-14638 in Fedora Project and Red Hat Products
Published on September 14, 2018
A flaw was found in 389-ds-base before version 1.3.8.4-13. The process ns-slapd crashes in delete_passwdPolicy function when persistent search connections are terminated unexpectedly leading to remote denial of service.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2018-14638 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
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Affected Versions
Fedora Project 389-ds-base Version 1.3.8.4-13 is affected by CVE-2018-14638Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.86%
Percentile
74.88%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.