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389-ds-base — security advisory
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. 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.
- Products
- 389-ds-base
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.0.18-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14648
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:53 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. 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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14648
389-ds-base
Fixed versions: 1.4.0.18-1
389-ds-base
Fixed versions: 1.4.0.18-1
Complete source record
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