Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting 389-ds-base-libs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-389DSBASELIBS-1378064
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed18 Jun 2018

Introduced: 18 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-10871  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 389-ds-base-libs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream 389-ds-base-libs package and not the 389-ds-base-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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.