CVE-2015-1816 (GCVE-0-2015-1816)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
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Summary
Forman before 1.7.4 does not verify SSL certificates for LDAP connections, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof LDAP servers via a crafted certificate.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-03-24 00:00
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