Infinite Accounts up to 0.54.1 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Infinite Accounts up to 0.54.1. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-0283. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Infinite Accounts up to 0.54.1. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request for a (1) group with a large number of members or (2) user that belongs to a large number of groups.

The weakness was published 03/30/2015 with Red Hat as confirmed git commit (GIT Repository). The advisory is available at git.fedorahosted.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-0283 since 11/18/2014. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82291 (RHEL 7 : ipa and slapi-nis (RHSA-2015:0728)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157072 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for ipa and slapi-nis (ELSA-2015-0728)).

Upgrading to version 0.54.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.fedorahosted.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (82291), SecurityFocus (BID 73376†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49238†). Similar entry is available at VDB-74545. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 82291
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : ipa and slapi-nis (RHSA-2015:0728)
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OpenVAS ID: 80056
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Linux Local Check: ELSA-2015-0728
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Accounts 0.54.2
Patch: git.fedorahosted.org

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11/18/2014 🔍
03/24/2015 +126 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +1 days 🔍
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04/01/2015 +2 days 🔍
05/02/2022 +2588 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2015:0728
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-0283 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0283
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74530
SecurityFocus: 73376 - FreeIPA 'get_user_grouplist()' Function Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 49238 - slapi-nis Remote DoS in getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r(), High

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/01/2015 15:04
Updated: 05/02/2022 09:58
Changes: 04/01/2015 15:04 (65), 06/23/2017 10:43 (9), 05/02/2022 09:54 (3), 05/02/2022 09:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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