RHSA-2021:3807 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds-base security and bug fix update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · October 13, 2021
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for 389-ds-base is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration.
Security Fix(es):
- 389-ds-base: CRYPT password hash with asterisk allows any bind attempt to succeed (CVE-2021-3652)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Bug Fix(es):
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A plugin can create an index. Even if the index can be used immediately (for searches) the index remains offline until further reindex (BZ#2005399)
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In some rare case, a replication connection may be treated as a regular connection and ACIs evaluated even if they should not. (BZ#2005434)
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A regular connection can be erroneously flagged replication connection (BZ#2005435)