CVE-2012-2678

low
Published 2012-07-03 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.2
VIR risk
1.2

Description

389 Directory Server before 1.2.11.6 (aka Red Hat Directory Server before 8.2.10-3), after the password for a LDAP user has been changed and before the server has been reset, allows remote attackers to read the plaintext password via the unhashed#user#password attribute.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/49734

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1041.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0997.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2678

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debiantrixiefixed0
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debiansidfixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhat redhatdirectory_server{"endIncluding":"8.2"}
redhat redhatdirectory_server7.1
redhat redhatdirectory_server8.0
redhat redhatdirectory_server8.1
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server{"endIncluding":"1.2.11.5"}
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.1
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.2
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.3
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.5
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.6
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.6.1
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.7
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.7.5
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.8
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.8.1
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.8.2
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.8.3
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.9.9
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10.1
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10.2
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10.3
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10.4
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.10.7
fedora fedoraproject389_directory_server1.2.11.1

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.