CVE-2016-8750

MEDIUM

Apache Karaf < 4.0.8 - Denial of Service via LDAP Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0547
EPSS Percentile 91.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-90
Status published
Products (2)
apache/karaf < 4.0.8
org.apache.karaf/apache-karaf 0 - 4.0.8Maven
Published Feb 19, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026