Input validation error in 389-ds-base - CVE-2024-8445

Vulnerability identifier: #VU97939

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8445

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Affected software:
389-ds-base
Anolis OS
openEuler
389-ds-base (Red Hat package)
python-lib389
389-ds-base-tests
389-ds-base-snmp
389-ds-base-libs
389-ds-base-devel
389-ds-base
python3-lib389
389-ds-base-debuginfo
389-ds-base-debugsource
389-ds-base-help
389-ds-base-legacy-tools
cockpit-389-ds

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can pass specially crafted input for "userPassword" and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to an insufficient fix for #VU93311 (CVE-2024-2199).

Install updates from vendor's website.

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2310110