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CVE-2016-6497

Published: Jan 18, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6497
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/254.html

main/java/org/apache/directory/groovyldap/LDAP.java in the Groovy LDAP API in Apache allows attackers to conduct LDAP entry poisoning attacks by leveraging setting returnObjFlag to true for all search methods.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Groovy_ldap Apache * *

References

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