Description
Apache Karaf prior to 4.0.8 used the LDAPLoginModule to authenticate users to a directory via LDAP. However, it did not encoding usernames properly and hence was vulnerable to LDAP injection attacks leading to a denial of service.
Remediation
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103098
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
https://karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2016-8750.txt
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