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CVE-2018-10871

LOW
Published 2018-07-18T13:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.0
3.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.004
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.4% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.590
Higher than 59.0% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

[UNKNOWN]

389-ds-base

Affected Versions:

389-ds-base 1.3.8.5 389-ds-base 1.4.0.12

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-pxxp-9p24-326h

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10871
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
WEB https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
WEB https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
Published: 2018-07-18T13:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-05T07:46:47.376Z
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