🛡️ CVE-2022-0918 on Debian — 389-ds-base

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

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Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the 389 Directory Server that allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the LDAP port to cause a denial of service. The denial of service is triggered by a single message sent over a TCP connection, no bind or other authentication is required. The message triggers a segmentation fault that results in slapd crashing.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-0918 as tracked by Debian, for the package 389-ds-base. The fix is available in version 2.0.15-1.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0918 is recorded against 1 package.

389-ds-base (fixed in 2.0.15-1.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 March 2022 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2022-0918 on other distributions

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Base record Ubuntu

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2022-03-16

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-08-04

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
389-ds-base	—	2.0.15-1.1

References

ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-0918

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