CVE-2016-8750 (GCVE-0-2016-8750)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-19 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- Injection Attack
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache Karaf |
Affected:
prior to 4.0.8
|
guessed |
Date Public
2017-12-04 00:00
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