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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

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.360%
(73rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-12405

GHSA ID

GHSA-3f8r-4qwm-r7jf

Source code

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