NULL pointer dereference in 389-ds-base - CVE-2025-2487

Vulnerability identifier: #VU106055

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-2487

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

389-ds-base
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
openEuler
389-ds-base (Red Hat package)
389-ds-base-debuginfo
python3-lib389
cockpit-389-ds
389-ds-base-snmp
389-ds-base-help
389-ds-base-devel
389-ds-base-debugsource
389-ds-base

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

389-ds-base (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.5.2-9.el9_5, 2.6.1-8.el9_6
389-ds-base-debuginfo - update to 3.1.1-6
python3-lib389 - update to 3.1.1-6
cockpit-389-ds - update to 3.1.1-6
389-ds-base-snmp - update to 3.1.1-6
389-ds-base-help - update to 3.1.1-6
389-ds-base-devel - update to 3.1.1-6
389-ds-base-debugsource - update to 3.1.1-6
389-ds-base - update to 3.1.1-6

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

• Denial of service in 389-ds-base
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for three-eight-nine-ds-base
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for three-eight-nine-ds-base
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for 389-ds-base
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for 389-ds-base