Pivotal Spring-LDAP up to 2.3.1 credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Pivotal Spring-LDAP up to 2.3.1. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-8028. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Pivotal Spring-LDAP up to 2.3.1 (Directory Service Software). This affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/16/2017. The weakness was presented 11/27/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at debian.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-8028 since 04/21/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1552 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 37 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104752 (Debian DSA-4046-1 : libspring-ldap-java - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176226 (Debian Security Update for libspring-ldap-java (DSA 4046-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (104752). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104752
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-4046-1 : libspring-ldap-java - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 866853
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4046-1 (libspring-ldap-java - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/21/2017 🔍
10/16/2017 +178 days 🔍
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01/16/2023 +1876 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: pivotal.io

Advisory: RHSA-2018:0319
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8028 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8028
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-109983

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/27/2017 16:23
Updated: 01/16/2023 12:24
Changes: 11/27/2017 16:23 (71), 12/10/2019 17:22 (3), 01/16/2023 12:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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