CVE-2015-8748: Radicale regex metacharacters injection in the user name

CVE-2015-8748 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2016-02-03

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 ".*".

Technologies: radicale (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-8748 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-8748 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-8748?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 3 February 2016.
Which products and versions are affected?
radicale (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=4bfe7c9f7991d534c8b9fbe153af9d341f925f98|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-8748?
Yes. radicale (PyPI): upgrade to 1.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-8748?
Check whether you run radicale (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • radicale (PyPI): upgrade to 1.1 or later
    pip install "radicale>=1.1"

Affected products

  • radicale (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=4bfe7c9f7991d534c8b9fbe153af9d341f925f98|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-8748
  • GHSA-6w8c-6jrg-qwj2
  • PYSEC-2016-37

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