Denial of service in 389 Directory Server



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-6237
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 389-ds-base
Server applications / Directory software, identity management

Vendor 389 Directory Server Project

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU95534

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6237

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted extended search request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

389-ds-base: 2.0.0 - 3.1.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293579
https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5989


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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