{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668","details":"389-ds-base before versions 1.3.5.17 and 1.3.6.10 is vulnerable to an invalid pointer dereference in the way LDAP bind requests are handled. A remote unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP bind request, resulting in denial of service.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:44:03Z","published":"2018-06-22T13:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-2668"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2668"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436575"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49184"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://git.centos.org/raw/rpms!389-ds-base!/c9e5dad69e2b497f118efac56f43cc6c74b6a695/SOURCES!0072-fix-for-cve-2017-2668-simple-return-text-if-suffix-n.patch"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2668"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"389-ds-base","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/389-ds-base@1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.3.3.12-1build1","1.3.3.13-1","1.3.4.5-2","1.3.4.8-1","1.3.4.8-3","1.3.4.8-3ubuntu1","1.3.4.8-4","1.3.4.9-1","1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"389-ds"},{"binary_version":"1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"389-ds-base"},{"binary_version":"1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"389-ds-base-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"389-ds-base-libs"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}