Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password Affecting 389-ds-base package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.42% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-389DSBASE-340269
  • published16 Aug 2017
  • 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?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 389-ds-base.

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:9 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.