RHEL 7 : 389-ds-base (RHSA-2021:3807)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154075

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for 389-ds-base.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3807 advisory.

- 389-ds-base: CRYPT password hash with asterisk allows any bind attempt to succeed (CVE-2021-3652)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL 389-ds-base package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3807.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea2b6e37

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3807

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005399

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005434

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2005435

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154075

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3807.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2021

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3652

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3652

CWE: 287

RHSA: 2021:3807