Is CVE-2016-5405 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-5405 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-5405?

CVE-2016-5405 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-5405?

CVE-2016-5405 has an EPSS score of 3.06% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-5405?

Upgrade 389-ds-base on debian 11 to 1.3.5.15-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-5405

CRITICALEPSS 86th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

389 Directory Server in Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 through 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 through 7, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 through 7 allows remote attackers to obtain user passwords.

CWE-199

How to fix

Remediation Available

389-ds-baseDebian

Fixed in:1.3.5.15-1CVE-2016-5405

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-199 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-8346	Medium	5.3	1.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-1591	Medium	4.3	1.2%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-10841	Medium	5.3	0.9%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-5486	Medium	5.5	0.4%	-	-
CVE-2014-1595	Low	2.1	0.3%	-	-
CVE-2024-51522	Medium	6.2	0.1%	-	-

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