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.
Weakness
The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| 389_directory_server | Fedoraproject | * | 1.3.8.5 (excluding) |
| 389_directory_server | Fedoraproject | 1.4.0.0 (including) | 1.4.0.12 (excluding) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | RedHat | 389-ds:1.4-8010020190903200205.eb48df33 | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | artful | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | cosmic | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| 389-ds-base | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
- https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789