CVE-2017-7551
389-ds-base: Password brute-force possible for locked account due to different return codes
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · July 31, 2017
Updated · May 13, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the way 389-ds-base handled authentication attempts against locked accounts. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to continue password brute-forcing attacks against LDAP accounts, thereby bypassing the protection offered by the directory server's password lockout policy.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-209 · Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information