Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1036
Advisory Release Date: 2018-06-08 17:56 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-06-11 22:09 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
It was found that 389-ds-base did not properly handle long search filters with characters needing escapes, possibly leading to buffer overflows. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP request, thus resulting in denial of service.(CVE-2018-1089)
Affected Packages:
389-ds-base
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update 389-ds-base to update your system.
New Packages:
src:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.src
x86_64:
389-ds-base-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
389-ds-base-libs-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
389-ds-base-devel-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.7.5-21.amzn2.0.1.x86_64