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Mageia 8: MGASA-2022-0106 Critical: 389-ds-base Double-Free Crash

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Calendar Grey March 21, 2022
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the 389-ds-base packages have resolved a critical double-free vulnerability that was causing server instability in Mageia.
A double-free was found in the way 389-ds-base handles virtual attributes context in persistent searches

Summary

A double-free was found in the way 389-ds-base handles virtual attributes context in persistent searches. An attacker could send a series of search requests, forcing the server to behave unexpectedly, and crash. (CVE-2021-4091)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30175

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0889

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-4091

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical double-free crash server issue 389-ds-base Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 8/core/389-ds-base-1.4.0.26-8.2.mga8

Severity
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Publication date: 21 Mar 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0106.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-4091

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical double-free crash server issue 389-ds-base Mageia

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