CVE-2015-1778 Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination

What is CVE-2015-1778?

CVE-2015-1778 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jun 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1778?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources. It affects 1 product.

Products include Opendaylight Opendaylight.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1778?

Upgrade org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources to 0.2.3-Helium-SR3 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2015-1778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-1000411 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2017-1000357 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2017-1000361 OpenDaylight Controller DoS High 7.5
• CVE-2014-5035 XML external entity in n/a Medium 6.8
• CVE-2017-1000358 Null dereference in n/a Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qm24-4869-99pj.