5.7

CVE-2024-8445: 389-ds-base Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 5.7v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesRHSA-2024:7434UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8445DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8445
Published 05-09-2024Last modified 06-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8445 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in 389-ds-base. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DLA-4021-1

Timeline

  1. 05-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The fix for CVE-2024-2199 in 389-ds-base was insufficient to cover all scenarios. In certain product versions, an authenticated user may cause a server crash while modifying `userPassword` using malformed input.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat5 products
  • 389-ds-base< 0:1.3.11.1-7.el7_9
  • 389-ds-base-debuginfo< 0:1.3.11.1-7.el7_9
  • 389-ds-base-devel< 0:1.3.11.1-7.el7_9
  • 389-ds-base-libs< 0:1.3.11.1-7.el7_9
  • 389-ds-base-snmp< 0:1.3.11.1-7.el7_9
Debian1 product
  • 389-ds-base< 2.0.11-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • 389-ds-baseAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 7 products

References

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