CVE-2012-0833: Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server

Low severity, CVSS 2.3. EPSS: 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server: up to and including 1.2.10; version 1.2.1 only; version 1.2.2 only; version 1.2.3 only; version 1.2.5 only; version 1.2.6 only; …

Published 2012-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.