CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-43350

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Nov 11, 2021 | Modified: Jul 25, 2022
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An unauthenticated Apache Traffic Control Traffic Ops user can send a request with a specially-crafted username to the POST /login endpoint of any API version to inject unsanitized content into the LDAP filter.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Traffic_control Apache 5.1.0 (including) 5.1.4 (excluding)
Traffic_control Apache 6.0.0 (including) 6.0.1 (excluding)
Traffic_control Apache 5.1.4-rc0 (including) 5.1.4-rc0 (including)
Traffic_control Apache 6.0.1-rc0 (including) 6.0.1-rc0 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References