Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting 389-ds-base package, versions <1.4.0.15-1
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- published11 Jul 2018
- disclosed18 Jul 2018
Introduced: 11 Jul 2018
CVE-2018-10871 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 389-ds-base to version 1.4.0.15-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream 389-ds-base package and not the 389-ds-base package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. By default, when the Replica and/or retroChangeLog plugins are enabled, 389-ds-base stores passwords in plaintext format in their respective changelog files. An attacker with sufficiently high privileges, such as root or Directory Manager, can query these files in order to retrieve plaintext passwords.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10871
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-10871