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CVE-2024-5953

389-ds-base: Malformed userPassword hash may cause Denial of Service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.7

CVSS 3.1

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Published · June 13, 2024

Updated · February 26, 2026

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.

Statement

LDAP servers are not usually exposed to the open internet, requiring adjacent connectivity for a successful attack. This issue also requires a compromised user account to perform the attack. Therefore, this flaw is rated as a Moderate severity.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-1288 · Improper Validation of Consistency within Input