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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-0296 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:03:10.683Z

Reserved: 2014-11-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-0283

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-03-30T14:59:00.070

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-0283

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-03-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-0283 - Bugzilla

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