Improper Authentication in Infinispan - CVE-2017-2638

 

Improper Authentication in Infinispan - CVE-2017-2638

Published: November 19, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22829
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2638
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to improper enforcement of authentication constrains in the REST API in Infinispan. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application, bypass authentication process and read data or modify data in the default cache or a known cache name.


Affected software

Infinispan

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2638

Install updates from vendor's website.

Infinispan - update to 9.0.0

External References

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