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CVE-2024-6237

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-6237 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the 389 Directory Server, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and related 389 Directory Server products. An unauthenticated attacker can crash the server by sending a specially crafted extended search request. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this flaw is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high availability impact. There is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:directory_server:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:389_directory_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0092 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 21,977 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 12.4 for RHEL 9Fixed in: redhat-ds:12-9040020240723122852.1674d574
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: 389-ds-base-0:2.4.5-9.el9_4
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2024-6237Moderate

389-ds-base: unauthenticated user can trigger a DoS by sending a specific extended search request

Jul 9, 2024

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:4997
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2024:5192
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2024-6237
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
github.com / 389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5989
Issue Tracking