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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.9 Medium

CVE-2026-11789

389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: smd5 password storage plugin salt length integer underflow crash

Description

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The SMD5 password storage plugin performs unsigned integer underflow when computing salt length from a crafted password hash shorter than 16 bytes, causing a buffer over-read that crashes the LDAP server during authentication.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 11

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 12

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Directory Server 13

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: unknown

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

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