CVE-2018-2588
Public on 2018-01-18
Modified on 2018-03-23
Description
It was discovered that the LDAP component of OpenJDK failed to properly encode special characters in user names when adding them to an LDAP search query. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to manipulate LDAP queries performed by the LdapLoginModule class.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2018-03-21 | ALAS-2018-974 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2018-02-07 | ALAS-2018-949 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2018-02-07 | ALAS2-2018-949 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |