{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14623","details":"In the ldap.v2 (aka go-ldap) package through 2.5.0 for Go, an attacker may be able to login with an empty password. This issue affects an application using this package if these conditions are met: (1) it relies only on the return error of the Bind function call to determine whether a user is authorized (i.e., a nil return value is interpreted as successful authorization) and (2) it is used with an LDAP server allowing unauthenticated bind.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:31Z","published":"2017-09-20T23:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-14623"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14623"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/go-ldap/ldap/pull/126"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/go-ldap/ldap/commit/95ede1266b237bf8e9aa5dce0b3250e51bfefe66"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14623"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"golang-github-go-ldap-ldap","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-github-go-ldap-ldap@0.0~git20150817.24.12f2865-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.0~git20150817.24.12f2865-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.0~git20150817.24.12f2865-1","binary_name":"golang-github-go-ldap-ldap-dev"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14623.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}