Medium severity · published Feb 19, 2018
CVE-2016-8750
Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP
6.5
CVSS
5.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.2% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KA
Karaf · Apache
before 4.0.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8750
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8750
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
Patch
https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt
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