CVE-2015-0283

high
Published 2015-03-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-0283

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.54.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.54.2-1
debian debiansidfixed0.54.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.54.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhat redhatslapi-nis{"endIncluding":"0.54.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.