CVE-2024-5953 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2024-5953

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

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • This issue was discovered by Têko Mihinto (Red Hat).

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8, Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 EUS for RHEL 9, Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Vulnerable Versions:
8060020250210084424.0ca98e7e, 8080020240909040333.f969626e, 8100020240902112955.37ed7c03, 9020020240916150035.1674d574, 9040020240723122852.1674d574, 0:1.3.11.1-6.el7_9, 8100020240910065753.25e700aa, 8080020240807050952.6dbb3803, 0:2.4.5-9.el9_4, 0:2.2.4-9.el9_2

Timeline

Official Publish: June 18th, 2024
Last Modified: February 25th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1288

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.