CVE-2016-5405

critical
Published 2017-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

389 Directory Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 through 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 through 7 allows remote attackers to obtain user passwords.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5405.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358865

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2765.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2594.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5405

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.5.15-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.5.15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.5.15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.5.15-1
suse slesaffected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected

References

CWEs

CWE-199

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