CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-0097

Improper Authentication

Published: May 25, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2022
CVSS 3.x
7.3
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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)

Potential Mitigations

References