Monday, July 31, 2017

[389-users] Re: Account lockout error code/message differences for correct and incorrect password

>
> You are correct that this is likely a security issue as it allows an
> attacker to bypass the rate limit and account lockout mechanism.
>
> I will report this and have it dealt with appropriately.
>

A patch has been developed on 389-devel. It is awaiting review:

https://pagure.io/389-ds-base/issue/49336

Thanks again,

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Sincerely,

William Brown
Software Engineer
Red Hat, Australia/Brisbane

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