RHSA-2021:3079: Red Hat Security Advisory: 389-ds:1.4 security and bug fix update

An update for the 389-ds:1.4 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.389 Directory Server is an LDAP version 3 (LDAPv3) compliant server. The base packages include the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) server and command-line utilities for server administration. Security Fix(es):

• 389-ds-base: CRYPT password hash with asterisk allows any bind attempt to succeed (CVE-2021-3652) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Bug Fix(es):
• A plugin can create an index. Even if the index can be used immediately (for searches) the index remains offline until further reindex (BZ#1983095)
• On big endian machine, the server fails to identify the operation type (BZ#1980063) Related CVEs:
• CVE-2021-3652: 389-ds-base: CRYPT password hash with asterisk allows any bind attempt to succeed