UnboundID LDAP SDK Access Control SimpleBindRequest access control
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A vulnerability was found in UnboundID LDAP SDK (Directory Service Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function SimpleBindRequest
of the component Access Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
UnboundID LDAP SDK version from commit 801111d8b5c732266a5dbd4b3bb0b6c7b94d7afb up to commit 8471904a02438c03965d21367890276bc25fa5a6, where the issue was reported and fixed contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability in process function in SimpleBindRequest class doesn't check for empty password when running in synchronous mode. commit with applied fix https://github.com/pingidentity/ldapsdk/commit/8471904a02438c03965d21367890276bc25fa5a6#diff-f6cb23b459be1ec17df1da33760087fd that can result in Ability to impersonate any valid user. This attack appear to be exploitable via Providing valid username and empty password against servers that do not do additional validation as per https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4513#section-5.1.1. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in after commit 8471904a02438c03965d21367890276bc25fa5a6.
The bug was discovered 03/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/16/2018 (GitHub Repository). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-1000134 since 03/16/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110114 (RHEL 7 : Virtualization (RHSA-2018:1713)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277695 (Fedora Security Update for unboundid-ldapsdk (FEDORA-2018-c188d3f09a)).
Applying the patch 8471904a02438c03965d21367890276bc25fa5a6 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110114).
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Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 110114
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OpenVAS ID: 63460
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Advisory: RHSA-2018:1713Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1000134 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103458 - UnboundID LDAP SDK for Java CVE-2018-1000134 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Created: 03/17/2018 11:56Updated: 02/22/2023 09:59
Changes: 03/17/2018 11:56 (76), 01/14/2020 15:30 (5), 02/22/2023 09:59 (4)
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