[Pkg-freeipa-devel] Bug#1142849: 389-ds-base: CVE-2026-16560

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: 389-ds-base
Version: 3.1.2+vendor1-2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for 389-ds-base.

CVE-2026-16560[0]:
| A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in Directory Server (389-ds-
| base). When a DN contains a legacy-quoted value, the server won't
| close the heap allocation allowing another call to refer to the same
| memory pointer causing a denial of service or an arbitrary memory
| write operation.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-16560
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16560
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506102

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore