CVE-2012-0833

Severity: low (CVSS 2.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The acllas__handle_group_entry function in servers/plugins/acl/acllas.c in 389 Directory Server before 1.2.10 does not properly handled access control instructions (ACIs) that use certificate groups, which allows remote authenticated LDAP users with a certificate group to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) by binding to the server.

Affected products

Red Hat, Inc. 389-ds-base: through 1.2.10; 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.5, 1.2.5-rc1, 1.2.5-rc2 (+24)

References

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

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