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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668
Vulnerability in 389-ds-base (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668)
Summary
vulnerability in 389-ds-base (UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668** has been found in 389-ds-base.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "389-ds-base UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668" on the vendor's site.
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2668 (389-ds-base) —
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in 389-ds-base.
📍 Affected scope
389-ds-base — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r '389-ds-base' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r '389-ds-base' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `389-ds-base` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
389-ds-base
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
389-ds-base
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]
References
- report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2668
- report https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436575
- report https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49184
- report https://git.centos.org/raw/rpms!389-ds-base!/c9e5dad69e2b497f118efac56f43cc6c74b6a695/SOURCES!0072-fix-for-cve-2017-2668-simple-return-text-if-suffix-n.patch
- report https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2668