QID 239674

Date Published: 2021-10-20

QID 239674: Red Hat Update for 389-ds-base (RHSA-2021:3807)

389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3)
compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
server and command-line utilities for server administration.

Security Fix(es): 389-ds-base: CRYPT password hash with asterisk allows any bind attempt to succeed (CVE-2021-3652)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 7 ppc64le

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

Solution

Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:3807 to address this issue and obtain more information.

Vendor References

RHSA-2021:3807 - access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3807?language=en

CVEs related to QID 239674

CVE-2021-3652 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
RHSA-2021:3807	Red Hat Enterprise Linux		access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3807?language=en

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