CVE-2018-18389

Summary

CVECVE-2018-18389
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-16 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-01-18 16:25:00 UTC
DescriptionDue to incorrect access control in Neo4j Enterprise Database Server 3.4.x before 3.4.9, the setting of LDAP for authentication with STARTTLS, and System Account for authorization, allows an attacker to log into the server by sending any valid username with an arbitrary password.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Neo4j Neo4j All All All All
Application Neo4j Neo4j All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Using STARTTLS breaks LDAP authentication · Issue #12047 · neo4j/neo4j · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981067 Java (maven) Security Update for org.neo4j:neo4j-enterprise (GHSA-h5f5-rj4r-42f6)
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