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CVE-2017-15887 (GCVE-0-2017-15887)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-07 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:03
VLAI
Summary
An improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts vulnerability in /principals in Synology CardDAV Server before 6.0.7-0085 allows remote attackers to obtain user credentials via a brute-force attack.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Synology Synology CardDAV Server Affected: before 6.0.7-0085
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Date Public
2017-11-06 00:00
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