RHEL 8 : 389-ds:1.4 (RHSA-2021:3906)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 154261

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for 389-ds:1.4.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:3906 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:1.4 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:3906.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2915bab3

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3906

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993266

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1993267

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995778

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 154261

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-3906.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/20/2021

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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-lib389, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-legacy-tools, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:389-ds-base-libs

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: 10/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3652

CWE: 287

RHSA: 2021:3906