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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3652

If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 1.49%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.49%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
1.49% probability · 73th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-287
Affected
port389/389-ds-base
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.