VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-12405
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.45% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- apache/traffic control
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e128e9d382f3b0d074e2b597ac58e1d92139394509d81ddbc9e3700e%40%3Cusers.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c675031ac220b5eae64a9c84a03ee60045c6045738607dca4a96cb8%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8bfd7d4f71d61e9193efcd4699eccbab3c202ec1d75ed9d502f08bf%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e128e9d382f3b0d074e2b597ac58e1d92139394509d81ddbc9e3700e%40%3Cusers.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c675031ac220b5eae64a9c84a03ee60045c6045738607dca4a96cb8%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc8bfd7d4f71d61e9193efcd4699eccbab3c202ec1d75ed9d502f08bf%40%3Ccommits.trafficcontrol.apache.org%3E
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K84141859?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.