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389-ds-base — security advisory
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.
- Products
- 389-ds-base
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.4.4.17-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-3652
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3652
389-ds-base
Fixed versions: 1.4.4.17-1
389-ds-base
Fixed versions: 1.4.4.17-1
Complete source record
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