7.8

CVE-2015-0283: redhat slapi-nis Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-0283DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0283
Published 30-03-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-0283 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in redhat slapi-nis. EPSS estimates a 3.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2015:0728

Timeline

  1. 30-03-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

88%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.12% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • slapi-nis< 0.54.2-1
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • slapi-nis< 0.55-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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