Red Hat Directory Server 7.1/8 EL5 Administration Server setup-ds.pl access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat Directory Server. This affects an unknown part of the file setup-ds.pl of the component Administration Server. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-2241. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Directory Server (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file setup-ds.pl of the component Administration Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The (1) setup-ds.pl and (2) setup-ds-admin.pl setup scripts for Red Hat Directory Server 8 before 8.2 use world-readable permissions when creating cache files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information including passwords for Directory and Administration Server administrative accounts.

The weakness was released 08/04/2010 as Bug 608032 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2241. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 8.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 42165†), OSVDB (66962†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024281†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29916†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Directory Server 8.0

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06/09/2010 🔍
08/03/2010 +55 days 🔍
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08/04/2010 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 608032
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54386
SecurityFocus: 42165 - Red Hat Directory Server Cached Files Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 40811
OSVDB: 66962 - Red Hat Directory Server Setup Scripts Cache File Permissions Weakness Administrative Account Password Disclosure
SecurityTracker: 1024281
Vulnerability Center: 29916 - Red Hat Directory Server 8 Before 8.2 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/26/2025 05:53
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (56), 03/16/2017 15:33 (8), 09/23/2021 08:49 (5), 01/26/2025 05:53 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:1B5:103

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