CVE-2015-8748

Description

Radicale before 1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass owner_write and owner_only limitations via regex metacharacters in the user name, as demonstrated by ".*".

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.53%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80255 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/05/7 mailing list
https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/pull/341 patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3462 vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175776.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/06/4 mailing list
https://github.com/Unrud/Radicale/commit/4bfe7c9f7991d534c8b9fbe153af9d341f925f98
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175738.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-8748?
CVE-2015-8748 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-8748?
To fix CVE-2015-8748, 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-2015-8748 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-8748 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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