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CVE-2011-0438

Improper Authentication

Published: Mar 15, 2011 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
HIGH
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0438
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html

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.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nss-pam-ldapd Arthurdejong 0.8.0 (including) 0.8.0 (including)
Nss-pam-ldapd Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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