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CVE-2015-1778 (GCVE-0-2015-1778)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-06-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-03-20 00:00
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