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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.5

CVE-2019-14824 json

A flaw was found in the 'deref' plugin of 389-ds-base where it could use the 'search' permission to display attribute values.

published 2019-11-08 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-5952

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the 'deref' plugin of 389-ds-base where it could use the 'search' permission to display attribute values. In some configurations, this could allow an authenticated attacker to view private attributes, such as password hashes.

Patch / fix

  • 389-ds-base Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14824

  • 389-ds-base RHEL 7 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7
  • 389-ds-base-libs RHEL 7 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7
  • 389-ds-base-snmp RHEL 7 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7
  • 389-ds-base RHEL 8 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f
  • python3-lib389 RHEL 8 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f
  • 389-ds-base-libs RHEL 8 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f
  • 389-ds-base-snmp RHEL 8 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f
  • 389-ds-base-legacy-tools RHEL 8 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:0464RHSA-2019:3981RHSA-2019:3401

  • 389-ds openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.0.10~git0.21dd2802c-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10593-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14824 updated cvss 6.5

389-ds-base: Read permission check bypass via the deref plugin

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 389-ds-base, 389-ds-base-libs
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) 389-ds-base 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f, python3-lib389 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f, 389-ds-base-libs 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f, 389-ds-base-legacy-tools 1.4.1.3-7.module+el8.1.0+4150+5b8c2c1f
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3401
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) 389-ds-base 1.4.0.20-10.1.module+el8.0.0+4597+364a3066, python3-lib389 1.4.0.20-10.1.module+el8.0.0+4597+364a3066, 389-ds-base-libs 1.4.0.20-10.1.module+el8.0.0+4597+364a3066, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.4.0.20-10.1.module+el8.0.0+4597+364a3066, 389-ds-base-legacy-tools 1.4.0.20-10.1.module+el8.0.0+4597+364a3066
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:0464
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) 389-ds-base 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) 389-ds-base 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) 389-ds-base 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) 389-ds-base 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) 389-ds-base 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7, 389-ds-base-libs 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) 389-ds-base-snmp 1.3.9.1-12.el7_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3981

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Exploit prediction

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] 389-ds-base

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

Sources

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