CVE-2018-10871
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive...
CVE-2018-10871 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.8) in [unknown] 389-ds-base, published July 18, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.13%, the 66th percentile. Fixed in 389-ds-base 1.4.0.15-1.
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
3.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10871- CVSS 3.0
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-2937
3.8
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.
- Record
EUVD-2018-2937- CVSS 3.0
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pxxp-9p24-326h
7.2
389-ds-base before versions 1.3.8.5, 1.4.0.12 is vulnerable to a Cleartext Storage of Sensitive...
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.
- Record
GHSA-pxxp-9p24-326h- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
3.8
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10871- CVSS 3.0
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-312
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.2
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.
- Record
CVE-2018-10871- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2018-10871
7.2
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10871- CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSVRHSA-2019:3401
6.5
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Record
RHSA-2019:3401- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10871
3.8
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.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10871- CVSS 3.0
- 3.8 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.0
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2019-0411 No score
Updated 389-ds-base packages fix security vulnerabilities
he updated packages fix security vulnerabilities and a packaging problem:
An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base handled certain LDAP search filters, affecting all versions including 1.4.x. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to make ns-slapd crash via a specially crafted LDAP request, thus resulting in denial of service. (CVE-2018-1054)
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. (CVE-2018-10871)
In 389-ds-base up to version 1.4.1.2, requests are handled by workers threads. Each sockets will be waited by the worker for at most 'ioblocktimeout' seconds. However this timeout applies only for un- encrypted requests. Connections using SSL/TLS are not taking this timeout into account during reads, and may hang longer.An unauthenticated attacker could repeatedly create hanging LDAP requests to hang all the workers, resulting in a Denial of Service. (CVE-2019-3883)
A flaw was found in the 'deref' plugin of 389-ds-base where it could use the 'search' permission to display attribute values. In some configurations, this could allow an authenticated attacker to view private attributes, such as password hashes. (CVE-2019-14824)
There were conflicts between files from svrcore and 389-ds-base which prevented the installation of 389-ds (mga#25709)
- Record
MGASA-2019-0411- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10593-1 No score
389-ds-2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the 389-ds-2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10593-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:2155-1 No score
Security update for 389-ds
This update for 389-ds to version 1.4.0.26 fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2016-5416: Fixed an information disclosure where a anonymous user could read the default ACI (bsc#991201).
- CVE-2018-1054: Fixed a denial of service via search filters in SetUnicodeStringFromUTF_8() (bsc#1083689).
- CVE-2018-1089: Fixed a buffer overflow via large filter value (bsc#1092187).
- CVE-2018-10871: Fixed an information disclosure in certain plugins leading to the disclosure of plaintext password to an privileged attackers (bsc#1099465).
- CVE-2018-14638: Fixed a denial of service through a crash in delete_passwdPolicy () (bsc#1108674).
- CVE-2018-14648: Fixed a denial of service caused by malformed values in search queries (bsc#1109609).
- CVE-2018-10935: Fixed a denial of service related to ldapsearch with server side sort (bsc#1105606).
- CVE-2019-3883: Fixed a denial of service caused by hanging LDAP requests over TLS (bsc#1132385).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2019:2155-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
389-ds-baseDebian:12 |
before 1.4.0.15-1 | 1.4.0.15-1 |
389-ds-baseDebian:13 |
before 1.4.0.15-1 | 1.4.0.15-1 |
389-ds-baseDebian:8 |
before 1.3.3.5-4+deb8u2, plus listed versions 1.3.3.5-41.3.3.5-4+deb8u1 |
1.3.3.5-4+deb8u2 |
389-ds-baseMageia:7 |
before 1.4.0.26-1.1.mga7 | 1.4.0.26-1.1.mga7 |
389-ds-baseRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-debugsourceRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-develRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-legacy-toolsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-legacy-tools-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
389-ds-base-libsRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-libs-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-snmpRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-ds-base-snmp-debuginfoRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
python3-lib389Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f | 0:1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f |
389-dsSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 |
before 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1 | 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1 |
389-dsSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 |
before 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1 | 1.4.0.26~git0.8a2d3de6f-4.14.1 |
389-ds-baseUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.3.12-1build11.3.3.13-11.3.4.5-21.3.4.8-11.3.4.8-3 Show 4 moreShow less1.3.4.8-3ubuntu11.3.4.8-41.3.4.9-11.3.4.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
None known |
389-ds-baseUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.3.7.5-11.3.7.5-1build11.3.7.5-1build21.3.7.9-11.3.7.10-11.3.7.10-1ubuntu11.3.7.10-1ubuntu1+esm1 |
None known |
389-ds-baseUbuntu:26.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 3.1.2+dfsg1-13.1.2+vendor1-2 |
None known |
389-dsopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1 | 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10871
pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49789
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00032.html
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3401
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10871
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxxp-9p24-326h
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security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10871
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0411.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25824
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25709
lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2019-August/005817.html
directory.fedoraproject.org/docs/389ds/releases/release-1-4-0-31.html
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1717540
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bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1729069
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1739183
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1747448
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2019/rhsa-2019_3401.json
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cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10871
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3883
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3883
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3883
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10224
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-10224
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10224
pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/50251
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14824
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14824
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14824
pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/50716
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20192155-1
bugzilla.suse.com/1083689
bugzilla.suse.com/1092187
bugzilla.suse.com/1099465
bugzilla.suse.com/1105606
bugzilla.suse.com/1108674
bugzilla.suse.com/1109609
bugzilla.suse.com/1120189
bugzilla.suse.com/1132385
bugzilla.suse.com/1144797
bugzilla.suse.com/991201
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5416
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1054
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10871
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1089
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10935
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14638
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14648
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3883
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10871
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4992
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15134
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10850
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14624
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14824