CWE-230
Improper Handling of Missing Values
The product does not handle or incorrectly handles when a parameter, field, or argument name is specified, but the associated value is missing, i.e. it is empty, blank, or null.
CVE-2024-6237 (GCVE-0-2024-6237)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-07-09 16:39
Modified
2025-09-12 20:07
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VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-230 - Improper Handling of Missing Values
Summary
A flaw was found in the 389 Directory Server. This flaw allows an unauthenticated user to cause a systematic server crash while sending a specific extended search request, leading to a denial of service.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4997 | vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:5192 | vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6237 | vdb-entry, x_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2293579 | issue-tracking, x_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/5989 |
Impacted products
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No mitigation information available for this CWE.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.