Description

The ActiveDirectoryLdapAuthenticator does not check the password length. If the directory allows anonymous binds then it may incorrectly authenticate a user who supplies an empty password.

Affected Spring Products and Versions

Spring Security 3.2.0 to 3.2.1
Spring Security 3.1.0 to 3.1.5

Mitigation

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:

Users of 3.2.x should upgrade to 3.2.2 or later
Users of 3.1.x should upgrade to 3.1.6 or later

Credit

This issue was identified by the Spring Development team.

History

2014-Mar-11: Initial vulnerability report published
2014-Mar-11: Affected versions corrected to add 3.1.0 to 3.1.5
2014-Jun-19: Add mitigation for 3.1.x users

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