CVE-2015-1169 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Apereo Central Authentication Service (CAS) Server before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct LDAP injection attacks via a crafted username, as demonstrated by using a wildcard and a valid password to bypass LDAP authentication.

Published: 2015-02-10

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apereo:central_authentication_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-1311	Apereo Central Authentication Service (CAS) Server before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to conduct LDAP injection attacks via a crafted username, as demonstrated by using a wildcard and a valid password to bypass LDAP authentication.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00316.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130053/CAS-Server-3.5.2-LDAP-Authentication-Bypass.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/87
https://github.com/Jasig/cas/commit/7de61b4c6244af9ff8e75a2c92a570f3b075309c
https://github.com/Jasig/cas/pull/411
https://issues.jasig.org/browse/CAS-1429

History

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Subscriptions

Apereo Central Authentication Service

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-10T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:33:20.726Z

Reserved: 2015-01-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1169

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-10T20:59:01.763

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1169

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-74

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