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CVE-2024-6237 (GCVE-0-2024-6237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-09 16:39 – Updated: 2025-11-20 19:54

Title

389-ds-base: unauthenticated user can trigger a dos by sending a specific extended search request

Summary

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.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-230 - Improper Handling of Missing Values

Assigner

redhat

References

5 references

URL	Tags
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5192	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6237	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293579	issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5989

Impacted products

8 products

Vendor	Product	Version
		Affected: 0 , < 2.4.5 (semver)
Red Hat	Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9	Unaffected: 9040020240723122852.1674d574 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:12.4::el9
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Unaffected: 0:2.4.5-9.el9_4 , < * (rpm) cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::crb
Red Hat	Red Hat Directory Server 11	cpe:/a:redhat:directory_server:11
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Date Public

2024-07-09 16:03

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WID-SEC-W-2024-1610

Vulnerability from csaf_certbund - Published: 2024-07-14 22:00 - Updated: 2024-08-21 22:00

Summary

Red Hat Directory Server und Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

Severity

Mittel

Notes

Das BSI ist als Anbieter für die eigenen, zur Nutzung bereitgestellten Inhalte nach den allgemeinen Gesetzen verantwortlich. Nutzerinnen und Nutzer sind jedoch dafür verantwortlich, die Verwendung und/oder die Umsetzung der mit den Inhalten bereitgestellten Informationen sorgfältig im Einzelfall zu prüfen.

Produktbeschreibung: Red Hat Directory Server ist ein Open-Source LDAP-Server. Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ist eine populäre Linux-Distribution.

Angriff: Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Directory Server und Red Hat Enterprise Linux in der Komponente 389-ds-base ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

Betroffene Betriebssysteme: - Linux

CVE-2024-6237

Es besteht eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat Directory Server und Red Hat Enterprise Linux aufgrund einer unsachgemäßen Behandlung von fehlenden Werten in der Komponente 389-ds-base. Durch das Senden einer bestimmten erweiterten Suchanfrage kann ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer diese Schwachstelle ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.

Affected products

Known affected 3 products

Product	Identifier	Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat / Enterprise Linux	`cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-`	—
Oracle Linux Oracle	`cpe:/o:oracle:linux:-`	—
RESF Rocky Linux RESF	`cpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-`	—

Last affected 4 products

Product	Identifier	Version	Remediation
Red Hat Directory Server <=12.5 Red Hat / Directory Server		<=12.5
Red Hat Directory Server <=12.3 Red Hat / Directory Server		<=12.3
Red Hat Directory Server <=12.4 Red Hat / Directory Server		<=12.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux <=9 Red Hat / Enterprise Linux		<=9

References

7 references

URL	Category
https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2…	self
https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvis…	self
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293579	external
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4997	external
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5192	external
https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-5192.html	external
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:5192	external

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

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CVE-2024-6237 (GCVE-0-2024-6237)

WID-SEC-W-2024-1610

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