CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-10871

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.

4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.2 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871 Mitigation Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-18 01:29

Updated : 2019-10-09 11:33

NVD link : CVE-2018-10871

Mitre link : CVE-2018-10871

Products Affected

389 Directory Server

Fedoraproject

CWE
CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information