389-ds-base Hash userPassword denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in 389-ds-base. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Hash Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument userPassword can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2024-5953. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in 389-ds-base (affected version not known). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Hash Handler. The manipulation of the argument userPassword with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-5953. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 207920 (Oracle Linux 7 : 389-ds-base (ELSA-2024-6153)), 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 (207920) and EUVD (EUVD-2024-47135). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 207920
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 7 : 389-ds-base (ELSA-2024-6153)

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Timelineinfo

06/13/2024 🔍
06/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +387 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2024-5953 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-5953
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-268228
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/13/2024 07:47
Updated: 07/05/2025 09:35
Changes: 06/13/2024 07:47 (49), 06/19/2024 06:59 (13), 10/01/2024 00:10 (3), 07/05/2025 09:35 (1)
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