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CVE-2012-0833

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0833 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the 389 Directory Server, specifically affecting versions prior to 1.2.10. An authenticated LDAP user with a certificate group can trigger an infinite loop and high CPU consumption by binding to the server due to improper handling of access control instructions (ACIs) using certificate groups. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.3, indicating a network-adjacent attack vector with medium complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.3LOW

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
4.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0090 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 27 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8 for RHEL 5Fixed in: adminutil-0:1.1.8-3.el5dsrv
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8 for RHEL 5Fixed in: redhat-ds-base-0:8.2.11-5.el5dsrv
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: 389-ds-base-0:1.2.10.2-15.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0833Low

389: denial of service when using certificate groups

Jan 5, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0813.html
secunia.com / advisories/48035
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49562
Vendor Advisory
fedorahosted.org / 389/changeset/1bbbb3e5049c1aa0650546efab87ed2f1ea59637/389-ds-base
ExploitPatch
fedorahosted.org / 389/ticket/162