01 Record
CVE-2004-1997
Kolab stores OpenLDAP passwords in plaintext in the slapd.conf file, which may be installed world-readable, which allows local users to gain privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Kolab stores OpenLDAP passwords in plaintext in the slapd.conf file, which may be installed world-readable, which allows local users to gain privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-05-10 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:07Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-05-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f92c110e498609c5caad189bf61fe165792c40a3c9a3fcdf09cad5a9d5232996
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkolab-root-password-plaintext(16068)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16068
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:052http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:052
- marc.infoOpenPKG-SA-2004.019http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108377525924422&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com10277http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10277
- secunia.com11560http://secunia.com/advisories/11560
- www.osvdb.org5898http://www.osvdb.org/5898
- www.erfrakon.dehttp://www.erfrakon.de/projects/kolab/download/kolab-server-1.0/src/Changelog
- www.kolab.org[kolab-users] 20040420 Possible Kolab LDAP configuration information disclosurehttp://www.kolab.org/pipermail/kolab-users/2004-April/000215.html