CVE-2022-2850: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A flaw was found In 389-ds-base. When the Content Synchronization plugin is enabled, an authenticated user can reach a NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted query. This flaw allows an authenticated attacker to cause a denial of service. This CVE is assigned against an incomplete fix of CVE-2021-3514.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 10.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 35 only; version 36 only
• PORT389 389-Ds-Base: from 2.0.0, up to and including 2.4.1
• Red Hat Directory Server: version 11.0 only; version 12.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only

Published 2022-10-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.