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CVE-2024-5953

389-ds-base: malformed userpassword hash may cause denial of service

Published: Jun 18, 2024Updated: Nov 3, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-1288
5.7MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 56.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in the 389-ds-base LDAP server. This issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server denial of service while attempting to log in with a user with a malformed hash in their password.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:AAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:AAttack Vector
Adjacent
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-1288

Affected Products

Novell Inc.
commercial·US
OpenSUSE LeapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openSUSE TumbleweedOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP ApplicationsOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager Retail Branch ServerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager ProxyOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Manager ServerOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Enterprise StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance ComputingOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat
389-ds-baseOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8On-prem
Databases / relational
Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8On-prem
Databases / db-tooling
Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 EUS for RHEL 9On-prem
Databases / relational
Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9On-premDatabase
Databases / relational
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle SupportOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available
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References

https://redos.red-soft.ru/support/secure/
redos.red-soft.ru
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5953
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292104
bugzilla.redhat.com
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