slapi-nis: infinite loop in getgrnam_r() and getgrgid_r()
Published Mar 30, 2015
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.12%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ipa-0:4.1.0-18.ael7b_1.3
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0728
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
slapi-nis-0:0.54-3.ael7b_1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0728
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
slapi-nis
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ipa-0:4.1.0-18.ael7b_1.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0728 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | slapi-nis-0:0.54-3.ael7b_1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0728 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | slapi-nis | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.12% (0.03123) | 87.39th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.15% (0.03145) | 86.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.42% (0.02424) | 84.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.09% (0.02089) | 89.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.34% (0.02345) | 88.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0283 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0283
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0283
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154314.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/154103.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0728.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0283 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0283 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0283 |
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