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TITLE:
389 Directory Server Normalisation Memory Leak Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43432

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-20

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the 389 Directory Server, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to a memory leak within the
normalisation code, which can be exploited to cause a DoS due to high
memory consumption.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.2.7.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.7.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in a Red Hat bug by Adrian Bridgett.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Red Hat Bug #663597:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663597

389 Directory Server Release Notes:
http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Notes#Bugs_Fixed_4

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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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