Distribution advisory
This page covers CVE-2025-2487 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package 389-ds-base. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative 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.
CVSS metrics in full
The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
- Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
- Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
- User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
- Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality impact: None.
- Integrity impact: None.
- Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Weakness class
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2487 is classified as CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. A pointer that can be null is used without a check, crashing the process.
Affected software
UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2487 is recorded against 1 package.
Timeline and source
Published on 18 March 2025 and last revised on 20 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
bugzilla.redhat.com (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
Other advisories for this package
389-ds-base has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
Same weakness in other software
These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference) in other software:
