ALAS2-2018-1106


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1106
Advisory Release Date: 2018-11-13 17:55 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-11-15 00:10 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

It was found that a specially crafted search query could lead to excessive CPU consumption in the do_search() function. An unauthenticated attacker could use this flaw to provoke a denial of service.(CVE-2018-14648)


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:
i686:
    389-ds-base-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.i686
    389-ds-base-libs-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.i686
    389-ds-base-devel-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.i686
    389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.i686
    389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    389-ds-base-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    389-ds-base-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    389-ds-base-libs-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    389-ds-base-devel-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    389-ds-base-snmp-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    389-ds-base-debuginfo-1.3.8.4-15.amzn2.0.1.x86_64