CVE-2019-3883

389-ds-base: DoS via hanging secured connections

Published Apr 17, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 8.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
In 389-ds-base up to version 1.4.1.2, requests are handled by workers threads. Each sockets will be waited by the worker for at most 'ioblocktimeout' seconds. However this timeout applies only for un-encrypted requests. Connections using SSL/TLS are not taking this timeout into account during reads, and may hang longer.An unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly create hanging LDAP requests to hang all the workers, resulting in a Denial of Service.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1779-1 389-ds-base security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3399-1 389-ds-base security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-13493 In 389-ds-base up to version 1.4.1.2, requests are handled by workers threads. Each sockets will be waited by the worker for at most 'ioblocktimeout' seconds. However this timeout applies only for un-encrypted requests. Connections using SSL/TLS are not taking this timeout into account during reads, and may hang longer.An unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly create hanging LDAP requests to hang all the workers, resulting in a Denial of Service.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 7:19 PM
Reserved
Jan 3, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 17, 2019, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:35 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 12, 2019, 12:00 AM