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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: 389-ds-base security and bug fix update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2018:3507-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3507
Issue date: 2018-11-06
CVE Names: CVE-2018-14648
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1. Summary:
An update for 389-ds-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5
Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64le, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The
base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
server and command-line utilities for server administration.
Security Fix(es):
* 389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in
servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service
(CVE-2018-14648)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in
the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
* Previously, the *Pass-through* plug-in in Directory Server did not
support encrypted connections if the encryption was started using the
*STARTTLS* command. The problem has been fixed, and the *Pass-through*
plug-in now supports connections that use the *STARTTLS* command.
(BZ#1635138)
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
After installing this update, the 389 server service will be restarted
automatically.
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1630668 - CVE-2018-14648 389-ds-base: Mishandled search requests in servers/slapd/search.c:do_search() allows for denial of service
1635138 - passthrough plugin configured to do starttls does not work. [rhel-7.5.z]
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.src.rpm
x86_64:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64le:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5):
Source:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.src.rpm
ppc64:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.s390x.rpm
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.s390x.rpm
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.s390x.rpm
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.s390x.rpm
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-29.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
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7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14648
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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