CVE-2023-38994
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
31/10/2023
Last modified:
15/04/2025
Description
The 'check_univention_joinstatus' prometheus monitoring script (and other scripts) in UCS 5.0-5 revealed the LDAP plaintext password of the machine account in the process list allowing attackers with local ssh access to gain higher privileges and perform followup attacks. By default, the configuration of UCS does not allow local ssh access for regular users.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.90
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:univention:univention_corporate_server:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324
- https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324#c0
- https://raeph123.github.io/BlogPosts/Univention/Simple_yet_effective_The_story_of_some_simple_bugs_that_led_to_the_complete_compromise_of_a_network_en.html
- https://www.drive-byte.de/en/blog/simple-yet-effective-the-story-of-some-simple-bugs-that-led-to-the-complete-compromise-of-a-network
- https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324
- https://forge.univention.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56324#c0
- https://www.drive-byte.de/en/blog/simple-yet-effective-the-story-of-some-simple-bugs-that-led-to-the-complete-compromise-of-a-network