CVE-2022-2850 (GCVE-0-2022-2850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-14 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:34
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Summary
A flaw was found In 389-ds-base. When the Content Synchronization plugin is enabled, an authenticated user can reach a NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted query. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. This CVE is assigned against an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-3514.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • denial of service
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a 389-ds-base Affected: 389-ds-base-2.0.x+
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