CVE-2020-35518 (GCVE-0-2020-35518)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-03-26 16:43 – Updated: 2024-08-04 17:02
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a 389-ds-base Affected: 389-ds-base 2.0.3, 389-ds-base 1.4.4.13, 389-ds-base 1.4.3.19
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