CVE-2015-6816

Public Exploit

Description

ganglia-web before 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.79% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260562 issue tracking exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://github.com/ganglia/ganglia-web/issues/267 third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169641.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170362.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169788.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.freshports.org/sysutils/ganglia-webfrontend/ third party advisory patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/6 mailing list exploit vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92146 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-6816?
CVE-2015-6816 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-6816?
To fix CVE-2015-6816, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-6816 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-6816 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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