The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.0 (including) | 3.1.0 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.1 (including) | 3.1.1 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.2 (including) | 3.1.2 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.3 (including) | 3.1.3 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.4 (including) | 3.1.4 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.1.5 (including) | 3.1.5 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.2.0 (including) | 3.2.0 (including) |
| Spring_security | Vmware | 3.2.1 (including) | 3.2.1 (including) |
| Libspring-java | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
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- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html