7.2
HIGH
CVE-2018-10871
389-ds-base Sensitive Information Storage
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.

INFO

Published Date :

July 18, 2018, 1:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 9, 2019, 11:33 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-10871 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Fedoraproject 389_directory_server
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-10871.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871 Mitigation Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-10871 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 06, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-312
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-200 CWE-200 CWE-312
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871 Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789 No Types Assigned https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-200
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.3.8.5 *cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:389_directory_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.4.0.0 up to (excluding) 1.4.0.12
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 31, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.17 }} -0.06%

score

0.52744

percentile

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