# CVE-2015-8748: Radicale before 1.1 allows remote authenticated users to bypass owner\_write and owner\_only limitations via regex metacharacters in the user

- Also known as: PYSEC-2016-37, GHSA-6W8C-6JRG-QWJ2
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1
- Published: 2016-02-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- radicale (PyPI): fixed in 1.1
- radicale (PyPI): fixed in 1.1

## 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 ".*".

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, radicale, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

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

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