vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-10871: Security patch for 389-ds-base (ALAS-2020-1334)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jul 18, 2018 | Jan 17, 2020 | Jan 17, 2020 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jul 18, 2018
Added
Jan 17, 2020
Modified
Jan 17, 2020
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.
Solution
amazon-linux-upgrade-389-ds-base
References
Rapid7 Labs
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