A flaw was found in the 389-ds-base LDAP Server. This issue occurs when issuing a Modify DN LDAP operation through the ldap protocol, when the function return value is not tested and a NULL pointer is dereferenced. If a privileged user performs a ldap MODDN operation after a failed operation, it could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) or system crash.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:7395 advisory.

    389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-2487)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:4491 advisory.

    * 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-2487)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-4491 advisory.

    - Resolves: RHEL-83874 - CVE-2025-2487 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service     [rhel-9.5.z]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:4491 advisory.

    389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-2487)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:3663 advisory.

    389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-2487)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:3670 advisory.

    Red Hat Directory Server is an LDAPv3-compliant directory server. The suite of packages includes the     Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server, as well as command-line utilities and Web UI packages     for server administration.

    Security Fix(es):

    * 389-ds-base: null pointer dereference leads to denial of service (CVE-2025-2487)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
235833	RHEL 9 : 389-ds-base (RHSA-2025:7395)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
235612	AlmaLinux 9 : 389-ds-base (ALSA-2025:4491)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
235372	Oracle Linux 9 : 389-ds-base (ELSA-2025-4491)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
235184	RHEL 9 : 389-ds-base (RHSA-2025:4491)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
234292	RHEL 9 : 389-ds-base (RHSA-2025:3663)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
234271	RHEL 9 : redhat-ds:12 (RHSA-2025:3670)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium

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