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CVE-2023-25613 (GCVE-0-2023-25613)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-20 15:29 – Updated: 2024-08-02 11:25
VLAI
Title
LDAP Injection Vulnerability in Apache Kerby
Summary
An LDAP Injection vulnerability exists in the LdapIdentityBackend of Apache Kerby before 2.0.3.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache Kerby LDAP Backend Affected: 0 , < 2.0.3 (semver)
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Credits
4ra1n of Chaitin Tech
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