VDB-102845 · CVE-2015-1778 · BID 73255

OpenDaylight improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenDaylight. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-1778. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenDaylight (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.

The bug was discovered 03/20/2015. The weakness was published 06/27/2017 by Flavio Fernandes with Red Hat (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1778 since 02/17/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 830 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 73255†). Similar entries are available at VDB-99281, VDB-99282 and VDB-117171. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/17/2015 🔍
03/20/2015 +31 days 🔍
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06/27/2017 +830 days 🔍
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06/28/2017 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2019 +844 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: openwall.com
Researcher: Flavio Fernandes
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-1778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-102845
SecurityFocus: 73255 - OpenDaylight Helium CVE-2015-1778 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2017 07:49
Updated: 10/20/2019 18:05
Changes: 06/28/2017 07:49 (62), 10/20/2019 18:05 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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