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Improper Authentication in Apache Traffic Control

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 18, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 18, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/apache/trafficcontrol (Go)

Affected versions

>= 3.0.0, <= 3.0.1

Patched versions

3.0.2-RC1

Description

Improper authentication is possible in Apache Traffic Control versions 3.0.0 and 3.0.1 if LDAP is enabled for login in the Traffic Ops API component. Given a username for a user that can be authenticated via LDAP, it is possible to improperly authenticate as that user without that user's correct password.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 9, 2019
Reviewed May 17, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 18, 2021
Last updated Sep 18, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-12405

GHSA ID

GHSA-3f8r-4qwm-r7jf

Source code

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