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TITLE:
389 Directory Server Simple Paged Results Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43566

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-20

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the 389 Directory Server, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to slapd not properly cleaning up
staled Simple Paged Results requests, which can be exploited to cause
slapd to crash or stop responding.

The vulnerability is reported in version 1.2.7.5. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
There's currently no known effective workaround.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by Jeremy Mates in a Red Hat bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Red Hat Bug #668619:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=668619

OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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