Check Point Advisories

Red Hat 389 Directory Server vslapd_log_emergency_error Denial of Service (CVE-2018-14624)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2019-0943
Date Published: 14 Jan 2019
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 27 March, 2019
Source: Red Hat
Industry Reference:CVE-2018-14624
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Red Hat 389 Directory Server 1.3.8.8 and prior
Red Hat 389 Directory Server 1.4.0.16 and prior
Vulnerability Description A denial-of-service vulnerability has been reported in 389 Directory Server. The vulnerability is due to improper use of the lock controlling the error log when the log file is reopened. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could send LDAP requests to a very large DN to trigger the vulnerability.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Red Hat 389 Directory Server vslapd_log_emergency_error Denial of Service (CVE-2018-14624) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Red Hat 389 Directory Server vslapd_log_emergency_error Denial of Service (CVE-2018-14624)

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