--- title: "CVE-2015-1827\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1827?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2015-1827 Publication date 30 March 2015 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The get\_user\_grouplist function in the extdom plug-in in FreeIPA before 4.1.4 does not properly reallocate memory when processing user accounts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a group list request for a user that belongs to a large number of groups. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1827?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | freeipa | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) affects 4.1 only ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1827) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1827) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-1827) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1827) ### Other references * * *