CVE-2018-10871

LOW

389 Directory Server < 1.3.8.5 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Replica and RetroChangeLog Plugins

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401

Scores

CVSS v3 3.8
EPSS 0.0100
EPSS Percentile 58.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-312
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/389_directory_server < 1.3.8.5
Published Jul 18, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026