2021-33900 | Apache Directory Studio SASL Authentication missing encryption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apache Directory Studio up to 2.0.0.v20210213-M16. This affects some unknown processing of the component SASL Authentication. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a weak encryption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-311. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1219 it was noticed that configured StartTLS encryption was not applied when any SASL authentication mechanism (DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI) was used. While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1220 it was noticed that any configured SASL confidentiality layer was not applied. This issue affects Apache Directory Studio version 2.0.0.v20210213-M16 and prior versions.
The weakness was released 07/26/2021. The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2021-33900 since 06/07/2021. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/05/2021). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1600 for this issue.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.1
VulDB Base Score: 3.1
VulDB Temp Score: 3.1
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Class: Weak encryption
CWE: CWE-311
ATT&CK: T1600
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Remote: Partially
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06/07/2021 CVE assigned
07/26/2021 Advisory disclosed
07/26/2021 VulDB entry created
08/05/2021 VulDB last updateVendor: https://www.apache.org/
Advisory: lists.apache.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2021-33900 (🔒)
Created: 07/26/2021 18:38
Updated: 08/05/2021 08:09
Changes: (2) source_cve_assigned source_cve_nvd_summary
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