CVE-2015-6816 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2015-6816?

CVE-2015-6816 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

ganglia-web before 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6816?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Ganglia Ganglia-Web.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6816?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2015-6816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6816, GHSA-mgrr-7c88-34fm, MGASA-2015-0375, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6816.