CVE-2011-0438

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

nslcd/pam.c in the nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0 PAM module returns a success code when a user is not found in LDAP, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2011-0438

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2011-03-15T17:55:03

Last Modified Date
2017-08-17T01:33:30

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-287	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:arthurdejong:nss-pam-ldapd:0.8.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/attachments/txtVf3rHgt8qQ.txt	Patch
http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/news.html#20110309
http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/msg00000.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46819	Patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8132
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66028

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0438
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0438

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 08:55:27				Added to TrackCVE