CVE-2018-10871

Summary

CVECVE-2018-10871
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-18 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:33:00 UTC
Description389-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-312

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server All All All All
Application Fedoraproject 389 Directory Server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Issue #49789: By default, do not manage unhashed password - 389-ds-base - Pagure.io CONFIRM pagure.io Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
1591480 – (CVE-2018-10871) CVE-2018-10871 389-ds-base: replication and the Retro Changelog plugin store plaintext password by default CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1483-1] 389-ds-base security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159651 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for 389-ds:1.4 (ELSA-2019-3401)
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