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Amazon Linux 2 : 389-ds-base (ALAS-2021-1650)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169520

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of 389-ds-base installed on the remote host is prior to 1.3.10.2-12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1650 advisory.

 When binding against a DN during authentication, the reply from 389-ds-base will be different whether the DN exists or not. This can be used by an unauthenticated attacker to check the existence of an entry in the LDAP database. (CVE-2020-35518)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

Solution

Run 'yum update 389-ds-base' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1650.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-35518

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169520

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1650.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/4/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35518

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-snmp, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:389-ds-base-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35518