Low severity3.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-10871
CVE-2018-10871
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.
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Affected products
5- Range: <1.3.8.5, <1.4.0.12
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/389-ds&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/389-ds&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/389-ds&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1
< 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1
- Range: 389-ds-base 1.3.8.5
Patches
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References
4- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401nvd
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