CVE catalog
CVE-2017-8028
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8028
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.61% · Oct 25, 2026
A vulnerability was found in spring-ldap that allows an attacker to authenticate with an arbitrary password. When spring-ldap connected to some LDAP servers, when no additional attributes are bound, when using LDAP BindAuthenticator with org.springframework.ldap.core.support.DefaultTlsDirContextAuthenticationStrategy as the authentication strategy, and when setting userSearch, authentication is allowed with an arbitrary password when the username is correct. spring-ldap: Authentication with userSearch and STARTTLS allows authentication with arbitrary password The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | 8 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | 8 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-5+deb8u1 | fixed |
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | 7 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | 7 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4+deb7u1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libspring-ldap-java | 14.04 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libspring-ldap-java | 14.04 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | deb | 8 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-5+deb8u1 | Not reported | DSA-4046-1 | Not reported |
| Debian | libspring-ldap-java | deb | 7 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4+deb7u1 | Not reported | DLA-1180-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libspring-ldap-java | deb | 14.04 | 1.3.1.RELEASE-4+deb7u1build0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8028 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1180-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4046-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8028]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-8028.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]