CVE-2023-38994

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-38994
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-10-31 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-31 14:48:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-668

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Univention Univention Corporate Server 5.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 56324 – machine.secret visible in process list via check_univention_joinstatus MISC forge.univention.org
Simple yet effective. The story of some simple bugs that led to the complete compromise of a network - DriveByte MISC www.drive-byte.de
Bug 56324 – machine.secret visible in process list via check_univention_joinstatus MISC forge.univention.org
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