CVE-2018-10871
389-ds-base - security update
7.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.36%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-10871
To remediate CVE-2018-10871, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.4.0.15-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u2 or later
Is CVE-2018-10871 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.4.0.15-1
- from 0, < 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |