High severity · published Nov 27, 2017
CVE-2017-8028
In Pivotal Spring-LDAP versions 1.3.0 - 2.3.1, when connected to some LDAP servers, when no additional attributes are bound, and when using LDAP BindAuthenticator with…
8.1
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Pivotal Spring-LDAP versions 1.3.0 - 2.3.1, when connected to some LDAP servers, when no additional attributes are bound, and when using LDAP BindAuthenticator with org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy as the authentication strategy, and setting userSearch, authentication is allowed with an arbitrary password when the username is correct. This occurs because some LDAP vendors require an explicit operation for the LDAP bind to take effect.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
SP
Spring-ldap · Pivotal Software
1.3.0; 1.3.1; 1.3.1; 1.3.2; 2.0.0; 2.0.1; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8028
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8028
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00026.html
Issue Tracking
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8028
Issue Tracking
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4046
www.oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
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