FKIE_CVE-2016-8750

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-02-19 15:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:54
Severity
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
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
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@apache.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322Third Party Advisory
security@apache.orghttps://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache karaf *
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          "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:54:57.220",
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