CVE-2018-10871
LOW389 Directory Server < 1.3.8.5 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information in Replica and RetroChangeLog Plugins
Title source: llmDescription
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