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


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-389DSBASE-456187
  • published11 Jul 2018
  • disclosed18 Jul 2018

Introduced: 11 Jul 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 Ubuntu:16.04 389-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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.