Incorrect handling of an invalid value for an HTTP request parameter by Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in…

Description

Incorrect handling of an invalid value for an HTTP request parameter by Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3 Update 2 and earlier, 3.0 before Patch Update 12, and 4.0 before Patch Update 2 causes a null pointer dereference (CWE-476) and subsequent denial of service due to process termination.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.1% · top 36% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476) (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-476 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Micro Focus · Micro Focus Enterprise Developer, Micro Focus Enterprise Server

  • affected All versions before 3.0 Patch Update 12, 4.0 Patch Update 2, 5.0

References (1)

• https://community.microfocus.com/microfocus/mainframe_solutions/enterprise_server/w/knowledge_base/29624/enterprise-server-security-fix-october-2018 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 16 Sept 2024, 19:46 UTC.