CVE-2020-35518

389-ds-base: information disclosure during the binding of a DN

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 7, 2020

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor