Information Exposure Affecting 389-ds-base-devel package, versions <0:1.3.6.1-19.el7_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-389DSBASEDEVEL-4767833
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed31 Jul 2017

Introduced: 31 Jul 2017

CVE-2017-7551  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-209  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 389-ds-base-devel to version 0:1.3.6.1-19.el7_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2569.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.