CVE-2024-6237: 389 Directory Server Unauth Extended Search DoS
CVE-2024-6237 Published on July 9, 2024

389-ds-base: unauthenticated user can trigger a dos by sending a specific extended search request
A flaw was found in the 389 Directory Server. This flaw allows an unauthenticated user to cause a systematic server crash while sending a specific extended search request, leading to a denial of service.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2024-6237 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Timeline

Reported to Red Hat.

Made public. 19 days later.

Weakness Type

Improper Handling of Missing Values

The software does not handle or incorrectly handles when a parameter, field, or argument name is specified, but the associated value is missing, i.e. it is empty, blank, or null.


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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.82%
Percentile
74.13%

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