Red Hat Directory Server 11/12 389-ds-base LDAP Server userPassword denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat Directory Server 11/12. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component 389-ds-base LDAP Server. The manipulation of the argument userPassword leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-2199. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Directory Server 11/12 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component 389-ds-base LDAP Server. The manipulation of the argument userPassword with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A denial of service vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base ldap server. This issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server crash while modifying `userPassword` using malformed input.

It is possible to read the advisory at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-2199 since 03/05/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack can only be initiated within the local network. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/03/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210037 (SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : 389-ds (SUSE-SU-2024:3844-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (210037) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-27159). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 210037
Nessus Name: SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : 389-ds (SUSE-SU-2024:3844-1)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/05/2024 🔍
05/28/2024 +83 days 🔍
05/28/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/03/2025 +432 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-2199 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-2199
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-266387
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/28/2024 14:34
Updated: 08/03/2025 11:25
Changes: 05/28/2024 14:34 (64), 05/28/2024 15:15 (1), 06/12/2024 13:39 (1), 11/01/2024 11:07 (3), 08/03/2025 11:25 (1)
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