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high 7.5

CVE-2019-10171 json

It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-14648 in 389-ds-base, versions 1.4.0.x before 1.4.0.17, was incorrectly applied in RHEL 7.5.

published 2019-08-02 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-2202

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

It was found that the fix for CVE-2018-14648 in 389-ds-base, versions 1.4.0.x before 1.4.0.17, was incorrectly applied in RHEL 7.5. An attacker would still be able to provoke excessive CPU consumption leading to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • fedoraproject 389_directory_server 1.4.0.17
  • 389-ds-base RHEL 7.5 EUS 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5
  • 389-ds-base-libs RHEL 7.5 EUS 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5
  • 389-ds-base-snmp RHEL 7.5 EUS 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:1789

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-10171 updated cvss 7.5

389-ds-base: Insufficient fix for CVE-2018-14648 denial of service in RHEL-7.5

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 389-ds-base, 389-ds-base-libs, 389-ds-base-snmp
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.5) 389-ds-base 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) 389-ds-base 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.5) 389-ds-base 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.7.5-30.el7_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:1789

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Exploit prediction

1.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • RedHat 389-ds-base

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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