CVE-2016-2167

Published May 5, 2016

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
The canonicalize_username function in svnserve/cyrus_auth.c in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4, when Cyrus SASL authentication is used, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a realm string that is a prefix of an expected repository realm string.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.8
Impact score
5.2
Exploitability score
1.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
4.9
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-284

Configurations