Improper NULL Termination in attribute uniqueness Plugin of 389 Directory Server

CVE-2017-2591 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

389-ds-base before version 1.3.6 is vulnerable to an improperly NULL terminated array in the uniqueness_entry_to_config() function in the "attribute uniqueness" plugin of 389 Directory Server. An authenticated, or possibly unauthenticated, attacker could use this flaw to force an out-of-bound heap memory read, possibly triggering a crash of the LDAP service.

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