# CVE-2024-5953

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2024-5953
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
- **CWE:** CWE-1288
- **Published:** Jun 18, 2024
- **Last Modified:** Mar 13, 2026

## Description

A denial of service vulnerability was found in the 389-ds-base LDAP server. This issue may allow an authenticated user to cause a server denial of service while attempting to log in with a user with a malformed hash in their password.

## Affected Products

- Red Hat — Red Hat Directory Server 11.5 E4S for RHEL 8 (8060020250210084424.0ca98e7e)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Directory Server 11.7 for RHEL 8 (8080020240909040333.f969626e)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Directory Server 11.9 for RHEL 8 (8100020240902112955.37ed7c03)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Directory Server 12.2 EUS for RHEL 9 (9020020240916150035.1674d574)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Directory Server 12.4 for RHEL 9 (9040020240723122852.1674d574)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support (0:1.3.11.1-6.el7_9)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (8100020240910065753.25e700aa)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support (8080020240807050952.6dbb3803)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (0:2.4.5-9.el9_4)
- Red Hat — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support (0:2.2.4-9.el9_2)

## References

- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4633)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4997)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5192)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5690)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6153)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6568)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6569)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6576)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7458)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1632)
- [CNA](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5953)
- [CNA](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2292104)
- [CVE](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.58%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 45.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._