CVE-2026-14940Medium· 5.3▾ SunlitA heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). When normalizing a Distinguished Name (DN) that contains a legacy-quoted value encoding a multivalued nested Relative Distinguished Name (RDN), the server can w…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 29.2 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in 389 Directory Server (389-ds-base). When normalizing a Distinguished Name (DN) that contains a legacy-quoted value encoding a multivalued nested Relative Distinguished Name (RDN), the server can write past the end of a heap allocation while sorting RDN attribute-value pairs. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger this condition by sending an LDAP operation whose DN reaches the DN normalization routine, such as a search with a crafted base DN. This can corrupt heap memory and may cause denial of service.
redhat-ds:11/389-ds-base (all versions)redhat-ds:12/389-ds-base (all versions)389-ds-base (all versions)389-ds-base (all versions)389-ds-base389-ds-base (all versions)389-ds:1.4/389-ds-base (all versions)389-ds-base (all versions)Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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