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Advisory severityMedium5.7Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2024-2199] 389-ds-base: malformed userpassword may cause crash at do_modify in slapd/modify.c

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2024-2199 affecting Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8, Red Hat Directory Server 11.8 for RHEL 8, Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8.

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CVE-2024-2199 Source published Source updated

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CVE-2024-2199
Affected products & platforms
Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Enterprise Linux
Open source advisory

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability was found in 389-ds-base ldap server. This issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server crash while modifying `userPassword` using malformed input.

LDAP servers are not usually exposed to the open internet, requiring adjacent connectivity for a successful attack. This issue also requires a compromised user account to perform the attack.

Therefore, this flaw is rated as a Moderate severity. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

Weakness: CWE-20.

Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8; Red Hat Directory Server 11.8 for RHEL 8; Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8; Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Will not fix / out of support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2025:1632, RHSA-2024:4209, RHSA-2024:4210, RHSA-2024:4092, RHSA-2024:3591, RHSA-2024:4235, RHSA-2024:5690, RHSA-2024:3837, RHSA-2024:4633.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: 389-ds-base.

Is CVE-2024-2199 exploited?

No exploitation is reported in the sources VulniPulse tracks: CVE-2024-2199 is not in the CISA KEV catalog (checked ) and this advisory does not report exploitation. That is not proof the vulnerability cannot be exploited.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2199?

Upgrade to a fixed release named by Red Hat:

  • redhat-ds:11-8060020250210084424.0ca98e7e
  • redhat-ds:11-8090020240606122459.91529cd0
  • redhat-ds:11-8100020240604161237.37ed7c03
  • redhat-ds:12-9040020240604143706.1674d574
  • 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-5.el7_9
  • 389-ds:1.4-8100020240613122040.25e700aa
  • 389-ds:1.4-8080020240807050952.6dbb3803
  • 389-ds-base-0:2.4.5-8.el9_4
  • 389-ds-base-0:2.2.4-9.el9_2
  • RHSA-2025:1632
  • RHSA-2024:4209
  • RHSA-2024:4210

6 more fixed releases are listed below.

Confirm against the vendor advisory before you patch.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative. Check it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • redhat-ds:11-8060020250210084424.0ca98e7e
  • redhat-ds:11-8090020240606122459.91529cd0
  • redhat-ds:11-8100020240604161237.37ed7c03
  • redhat-ds:12-9040020240604143706.1674d574
  • 389-ds-base-0:1.3.11.1-5.el7_9
  • 389-ds:1.4-8100020240613122040.25e700aa
  • 389-ds:1.4-8080020240807050952.6dbb3803
  • 389-ds-base-0:2.4.5-8.el9_4
  • 389-ds-base-0:2.2.4-9.el9_2
  • RHSA-2025:1632
  • RHSA-2024:4209
  • RHSA-2024:4210
  • RHSA-2024:4092
  • RHSA-2024:3591
  • RHSA-2024:4235
  • RHSA-2024:5690
  • RHSA-2024:3837
  • RHSA-2024:4633

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation
  • 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.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 5 days ago·verify at source

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