GHSA-qm24-4869-99pj

Opendaylight will authenticate any username and password combination

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Critical CVE-2015-1778

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Maven	org.opendaylight.odlparent:opendaylight-karaf-resources	< 0.2.3-Helium-SR3	0.2.3-Helium-SR3

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

The custom authentication realm used by karaf-tomcat's "opendaylight" realm in Opendaylight before Helium SR3 will authenticate any username and password combination.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1778 advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20150510044305/https://git.opendaylight.org/gerrit/#/c/16307 web
https://web.archive.org/web/20150510044305/https://wiki.opendaylight.org/view/Security_Advisories#.5BImportant.5D_CVE-2015-1778_OpenDaylight… web
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/20/3 web