CVE-2016-6497 (GCVE-0-2016-6497)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-18 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:29
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Summary
main/java/org/apache/directory/groovyldap/LDAP.java in the Groovy LDAP API in Apache allows attackers to conduct LDAP entry poisoning attacks by leveraging setting returnObjFlag to true for all search methods.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
hpe
References
Date Public
2016-08-03 00:00
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