Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password Affecting 389-ds-base-devel package, versions <0:1.3.6.1-19.51.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.42% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-389DSBASEDEVEL-1707983
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed16 Aug 2017

Introduced: 16 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-640  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 389-ds-base-devel to version 0:1.3.6.1-19.51.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2017-905.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream 389-ds-base-devel package and not the 389-ds-base-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

389-ds-base version before 1.3.5.19 and 1.3.6.7 are vulnerable to password brute-force attacks during account lockout due to different return codes returned on password attempts.