CVE-2021-3652: A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any…

PriorityP337medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCLILAN

EPSS

1.43%

70.1th percentile

A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to successfully authenticate as a user whose password was disabled.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	389-ds-base	< 389-ds-base 1.4.4.17-1 (bookworm)	389-ds-base 1.4.4.17-1 (bookworm)
port389	389-ds-base	< 2.0.7	2.0.7
port389	389-ds-base	—	—
port389	389-ds-base	>= 0 < 1.4.4.11-2+deb11u1	1.4.4.11-2+deb11u1
port389	389-ds-base	>= 0 < 1.4.4.17-1	1.4.4.17-1
port389	389-ds-base	>= 0 < 1.4.4.17-1	1.4.4.17-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.16.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

nvdv2.06.4MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

osv6.5MEDIUM

vendor_debian6.5MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.5MEDIUM

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