Denial of service in 389-ds-base



Risk Low
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-2487
CWE-ID CWE-476
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 low risk vulnerability.

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU106055

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2487

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error after some failed rename subtree operations (i.e. MODDN). A remote user can rename entries on the directory server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

389-ds-base: 2.4.0 - 3.1.2

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2353071
https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/security/advisories/GHSA-426r-w669-66gw


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated privileged user 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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