CVE-2015-0283
EPSS 1.8%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-0283
To remediate CVE-2015-0283, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/slapi-nis—upgrade to 0.54.2-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-0283 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.54.2-1