Input validation error in 389-ds-base - CVE-2024-6237

Vulnerability identifier: #VU95534

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6237

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

389-ds-base
Red Hat Directory Server
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
389-ds-base-debuginfo
389-ds-base-debugsource
389-ds-base-devel
389-ds-base-help
389-ds-base-snmp
cockpit-389-ds
python3-lib389

Install updates from vendor's website.

389-ds-base - addressed in versions 2.0.20, 2.1.9, 2.2.10, 2.3.8, 2.4.6, 2.5.2, 3.0.4, 3.1.1
389-ds-base (Red Hat package) - update to 2.4.5-9.el9_4
389-ds-base - update to 3.1.1-1
389-ds-base-debuginfo - update to 3.1.1-1
389-ds-base-debugsource - update to 3.1.1-1
389-ds-base-devel - update to 3.1.1-1
389-ds-base-help - update to 3.1.1-1
389-ds-base-snmp - update to 3.1.1-1
cockpit-389-ds - update to 3.1.1-1
python3-lib389 - update to 3.1.1-1

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

• Denial of service in 389 Directory Server
• Red Hat Directory Server 12 update for the redhat-ds:12 module
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for 389-ds-base
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for three-eight-nine-ds-base