A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.

Affected: Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:22.04:LTS: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:24.04:LTS: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:25.10: 389-ds-base, Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: 389-ds-base

A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server. The PBKDF2-SHA256 password storage plugin does not enforce an upper bound on the iteration count extracted from stored password hashes. A privileged attacker who can modify a user's password hash can cause excessive CPU consumption during authentication, resulting in denial of service.