Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security, bug fix, and enhancement update
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
CVE-2026-9064 — 389-ds-base: 389-ds-base: unbounded LDAP controls count in get_ldapmessage_controls_ext() causes CPU and heap amplification (remote DoS)
🎯 Affected products52
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debuginfo-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-debugsource-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-devel-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-devel-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-devel-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-devel-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-libs-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-libs-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
- 389-ds-base-libs-0:2.8.0-7.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: Restrict network access to the LDAP port (389/tcp, 636/tcp) to trusted networks only using firewall rules or network ACLs. This prevents untrusted remote attackers from reaching the vulnerable code path. Optionally, lower the nsslapd-maxbersize configuration parameter to reduce the maximum BER message size accepted by the server. Note that this caps bytes, not the number of controls, and does not fully eliminate the amplification. Setting it too low may impact legitimate LDAP operations with large payloads.