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Credential Exposure Affecting system.directoryservices.protocols package, versions [,5.0.1)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.36% (73rd percentile)
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NVD
5.7 medium
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Red Hat
5.7 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DOTNET-SYSTEMDIRECTORYSERVICESPROTOCOLS-1730569
  • published 13 Oct 2021
  • disclosed 12 Oct 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 12 Oct 2021

CVE-2021-41355 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-256 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade System.DirectoryServices.Protocols to version 5.0.1 or higher.

Overview

System.DirectoryServices.Protocols is a package that provides the methods defined in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) version 3 (V3) and Directory Services Markup Language (DSML) version 2.0 (V2) standards.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Credential Exposure. System.DirectoryServices.Protocols.LdapConnection may send credentials in plain text on Linux.

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