CVE-2017-7551
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
389-ds-base version before 1.3.5.19 and 1.3.6.7 are vulnerable to password brute-force attacks during account lockout due to different return codes returned on password attempts.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.3.6.7-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.3.6.7-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.3.6.7-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.3.6.7-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.3.5.19 | |
| fedoraproject | 389_directory_server | 1.3.6.7 | |
References
CWEs
CWE-209 CWE-640
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.