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CVE-2017-7551 (GCVE-0-2017-7551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-16 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 16:04
VLAI
Summary
389-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 return codes returned on password attempts.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2569 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49336 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
389 Directory Server 389-ds-base Affected: before 1.3.5.19 and 1.3.6.7
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Date Public
2017-07-31 00:00
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