CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-35472

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Published: Jul 30, 2021 | Modified: Aug 11, 2021
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in LemonLDAP::NG before 2.0.12. Session cache corruption can lead to authorization bypass or spoofing. By running a loop that makes many authentication attempts, an attacker might alternately be authenticated as one of two different users.

Weakness

The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Lemonldap::ng Lemonldap-ng * 2.0.11 (including)

Potential Mitigations

  • Common protection mechanisms include:

  • Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.

  • Consider using libraries with authentication capabilities such as OpenSSL or the ESAPI Authenticator. [REF-45]

References