CVE-2014-0097

Publication date 25 May 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libspring-java	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

seth-arnold

ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator introduced in 3.1

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.3 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.3 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L