389 Directory Server 1.3.1.x, 1.3.2.x before 1.3.2.27, and 1.3.3.x before 1.3.3.9 stores "unhashed" passwords even when the nsslapd-unhashed

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.0
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.1
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.10
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.11
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.12
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.13
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.14
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.15
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.16
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.17
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.18
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.19
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.2
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.22
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.3
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.4
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.5
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.6
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.7
• fedoraproject 389 directory server1.3.1.8

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2017-7551389-ds-base version before 1.3.5.19 and 1.3.6.7 are vulnerable to password brute-force attacks during account lockout due to different retur
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• CVE-2017-15135It was found that 389-ds-base since 1.3.6.1 up to and including 1.4.0.3 did not always handle internal hash comparison operations correctly
  33Monitor
• CVE-2019-3883In 389-ds-base up to version 1.4.1.2, requests are handled by workers threads.
  32Monitor
• CVE-2018-14648A flaw was found in 389 Directory Server.
  32Monitor
• CVE-2018-14638A flaw was found in 389-ds-base before version 1.3.8.4-13.
  31Monitor
• CVE-2018-14624A vulnerability was discovered in 389-ds-base through versions 1.3.7.10, 1.3.8.8 and 1.4.0.16.
  31Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.