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.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0283
Reference (s):
- BID:73377
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73377
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1195729
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/slapi-nis.git/commit/?id=6573f91c95f7a353ad3bdf2fe95b0c15932aa097
- FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-4747