Information disclosure in Red Hat Directory Server - CVE-2023-1055
Published: June 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU77479
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1055
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to LDAP browser tries to decode userPassword instead of userCertificate attribute. The decoded hashed password is later shown in the process list as an argument. A local user can obtain the hashed password from the process list.
Affected software
Red Hat Directory Server
Fedora
389-ds-base
Fedora
389-ds-base
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1055
Install updates from vendor's website.
389-ds-base - update to 2.3.5-1.fc38