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CVE-2020-9495 Detail

Description

Apache Archiva login service before 2.2.5 is vulnerable to LDAP injection. A attacker is able to retrieve user attribute data from the connected LDAP server by providing special values to the login form. With certain characters it is possible to modify the LDAP filter used to query the LDAP users. By measuring the response time for the login request, arbitrary attribute data can be retrieved from LDAP user objects.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archiva.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2020-9495 Apache Software Foundation, CVE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/06/19/1 Apache Software Foundation, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r576eaabe3f772c045ec832a0200252494a2ce3f188f59450dd8f9b6d%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r576eaabe3f772c045ec832a0200252494a2ce3f188f59450dd8f9b6d%40%3Cdev.archiva.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r576eaabe3f772c045ec832a0200252494a2ce3f188f59450dd8f9b6d%40%3Cusers.archiva.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7ae580f700ade57b00641a70a5c639a3ba576893bbf7f9fd93bc491d%40%3Cusers.maven.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-9495
NVD Published Date:
06/19/2020
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Apache Software Foundation