CVE-2016-0741

Publication date 19 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

slapd/connection.c in 389 Directory Server (formerly Fedora Directory Server) 1.3.4.x before 1.3.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and connection blocking) by leveraging an abnormally closed connection.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
389-ds-base	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Ignored end of life
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Ignored end of life
	19.04 disco	Ignored end of life
	18.10 cosmic	Ignored end of life
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Fixed 1.3.7.5-1
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

leosilva

code is quite different in trusty than patch, probably a trick backport.

ebarretto

only affects 1.3.4 and up

sbeattie

see UCT commit history when researching

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H