CVE-2014-0097

high
Published 2017-05-25 · Modified 2023-11-08
CVSS v3
7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.3

Description

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator in Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1 and 3.1.0 to 3.1.5 does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
82%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0097

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security_alert@emc.com — https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2014-0097

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-core>=3.2.0,<3.2.2.RELEASE3.2.2.RELEASE
java Mavenorg.springframework.security:spring-security-core>=3.1.0,<3.1.5.RELEASE3.1.5.RELEASE

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.0
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.1
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.2
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.3
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.4
vmware vmwarespring_security3.1.5
vmware vmwarespring_security3.2.0
vmware vmwarespring_security3.2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.