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CVE-2019-10224: Issue #50251: dscreate and dsconf print DM's password in verbose mode - 389-ds-base
A flaw has been found in 389-ds-base versions 1.4.x.x before 1.4.1.3. When executed in verbose mode, the dscreate and dsconf commands may display sensitive information, such as the Directory Manager password. An attacker, able to see the screen or record the terminal standard error output, could use this flaw to gain sensitive information.
One thing I thought I put down but seemingly haven’t, was that in the simplest implementation case, we should have a method, e.g. DSLdapObject.display_attr_value(attr, value, hide_sensitive=True) that would handle the displaying and would be used where necessary; that in order to have consistent behaviour across our library. Something like…
def display_attr_value(self, attr, value, hide_sesitive=True): if DEBUGGING or hide_sensitive: return value else: if attr.lower() in self._sensitive_attributes: return ‘********’ else: return value