Access Restriction Bypass Affecting org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core package, versions [,2.3.2.RELEASE)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.43% (75th percentile)
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NVD
8.1 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGSPRINGFRAMEWORKLDAP-31584
  • published 16 Nov 2017
  • disclosed 17 Nov 2016
  • credit Tobias Schneider

How to fix?

Upgrade org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core to version 2.3.2.RELEASE or higher.

Overview

org.springframework.ldap:spring-ldap-core is a maven plugin for LDAP for Sping.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. When DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy is set as an authentication strategy a malicious user could log in to every username with any password.