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CVE-2018-10871 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.2 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.8 LOWVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871	CVE	Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871	[email protected]	Issue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-312	Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information	[email protected]
CWE-312	Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fedoraproject 389 directory server	< 1.3.8.5 >= 1.4.0.0, < 1.4.0.12
CPE cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 6, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Sep 17, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 31, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]