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Vulnerability · Published Jul 9, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2024-6237389-ds-base: unauthenticated user can trigger a dos by sending a specific extended search request

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in 389-ds-base. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in the 389 Directory Server. This flaw allows an unauthenticated user to cause a systematic server crash while sending a specific extended search request, leading to a denial of service.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9389-ds-base2.4.5-9.el9_4ALSA-2024:5192
AlmaLinux:9389-ds-base-devel2.4.5-9.el9_4ALSA-2024:5192
AlmaLinux:9389-ds-base-libs2.4.5-9.el9_4ALSA-2024:5192
AlmaLinux:9python3-lib3892.4.5-9.el9_4ALSA-2024:5192
Debian:12389-ds-baseno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-6237
Debian:13389-ds-base2.4.5+dfsg1-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6237
Rocky Linux:9389-ds-base0:2.4.5-9.el9_4RLSA-2024:5192
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-6237
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS389-ds-baseno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-6237

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
389-ds-base 0 – before 2.4.5
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 see references
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 see references

Weakness: CWE-230 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References