CVE-2021-3652

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    CVE-2021-3652

    Published: 18 Apr 2022Last Modified: 7 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in 389-ds-base. If an asterisk is imported as password hashes, either accidentally or maliciously, then instead of being inactive, any password will successfully match during authentication. This flaw allows an attacker to successfully authenticate as a user whose password was disabled.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00026.html, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00015.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1982782, https://github.com/389ds/389-ds-base/issues/4817

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0f443bf33745a2caa8aedffc2661dba50ced0dac

    Affected versions

    389-ds-base-2.0.5
    389-ds-base-2.0.4
    389-ds-base-2.0.3
    389-ds-base-2.0.2
    389-ds-base-2.0.1
    389-ds-base-2.0.0.0
    389-ds-base-2.0.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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