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CVE-2016-0741

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0741 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in 389 Directory Server (formerly Fedora Directory Server) versions 1.3.4.x before 1.3.4.7. An attacker can trigger an infinite loop and block connections by leveraging an abnormally closed connection. Rated 7.5 HIGH, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction, and leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0396 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: 389-ds-base-0:1.3.4.0-26.el7_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-0741Important

389-ds-base: worker threads do not detect abnormally closed connections causing DoS

Jan 15, 2016

References

directory.fedoraproject.org / docs/389ds/releases/release-1-3-4-7.html
PatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0204.html
fedorahosted.org / 389/changeset/cd45d032421b0ecf76d8cbb9b1c3aeef7680d9a2
fedorahosted.org / 389/ticket/48412
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
securityfocus.com / bid/82343