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CVE-2015-0283
Published:March 30, 2015
Updated:June 23, 2026
The slapi-nis plug-in before 0.54.2 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a request for a (1) group with a large number of members or (2) user that belongs to a large number of groups.
Related Resources (8)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0283
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-0283
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.8
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
EPSS
Base Score:
3.15