Important: 389-ds-base

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  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2018-1089

Mitre: CVE-2018-1089