CVE-2024-5953
389-ds-base: malformed userpassword hash may cause denial of service
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.58% · top 52% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
389-ds-base
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8
- unaffected 8060020250210084424.0ca98e7e – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 8080020240909040333.f969626e – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8
- unaffected 8100020240902112955.37ed7c03 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 EUS for RHEL 9
- unaffected 9020020240916150035.1674d574 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9
- unaffected 9040020240723122852.1674d574 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support
- unaffected 0:1.3.11.1-6.el7_9 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- unaffected 8100020240910065753.25e700aa – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 8080020240807050952.6dbb3803 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:2.4.5-9.el9_4 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support
- unaffected 0:2.2.4-9.el9_2 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (13)
- RHSA-2024:4633 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2024:4997 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:5192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:5690 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:6153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:6568 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:6569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:6576 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2024:7458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2025:1632 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5953 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2292104 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html (opens in a new tab)
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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