CVE-2021-38266

Summary

CVECVE-2021-38266
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-03-02 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-13 16:02:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Portal Security module in Liferay Portal 7.2.1 and earlier, and Liferay DXP 7.0 before fix pack 90, 7.1 before fix pack 17 and 7.2 before fix pack 5 does not correctly import users from LDAP, which allows remote attackers to prevent a legitimate user from authenticating by attempting to sign in as a user that exist in LDAP.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_1 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_10 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_11 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_12 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_13 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_14 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_15 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_16 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_17 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_18 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_19 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_2 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_20 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_21 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_22 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_23 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_24 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_25 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_26 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_27 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_28 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_29 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_30 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_31 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_32 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_33 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_34 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_35 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_36 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_37 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_38 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_39 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_4 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_40 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_41 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_42 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_43 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_44 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_45 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_46 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_47 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_48 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_49 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_5 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_50 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_51 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_52 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_53 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_54 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_55 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_56 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_57 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_58 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_59 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_6 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_60 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_61 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_62 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_63 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_64 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_65 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_66 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_67 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_68 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_69 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_7 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_70 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_71 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_72 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_73 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_74 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_75 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_76 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_77 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_78 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_79 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_8 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_80 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_81 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_82 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_83 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_84 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_85 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_86 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_87 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_88 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_89 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.0 fix_pack_9 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_1 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_10 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_11 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_12 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_13 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_14 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_15 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_16 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_2 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_4 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_5 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_6 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_7 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_8 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.1 fix_pack_9 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 - All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_1 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_2 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_3 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform 7.2 fix_pack_4 All All
Application Liferay Digital Experience Platform All All All All
Application Liferay Liferay Portal All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[LPE-17191] LSV-793: DoS vulnerability prevents LDAP users from authenticating - Liferay Issues MISC issues.liferay.com
Digital Experience Software Tailored to Your Needs | Liferay MISC liferay.com
CVE-2021-38266 DoS vulnerability prevents LDAP users from authenticating MISC portal.liferay.dev
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 730485 Liferay Portal Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability Vulnerability
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