[Secure-testing-team] Bug#842121: 389-ds-base: CVE-2016-5405: Password verification vulnerable to timing attack

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: 389-ds-base
Version: 1.3.5.13-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for 389-ds-base. The
information though is very scarce, can you try to find more out about
upstream report and/or fix?

CVE-2016-5405[0]:
Password verification vulnerable to timing attack

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5405
[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1358865

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore