CVEvulnerability
CVE-2011-0438
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2011-03-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
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.
Affected configurations
• arthurdejong nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/news.html#20110309 arthurdejong.org
- http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/attachments/txtVf3rHgt8qQ.txt Patch
- http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8132 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46819 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/news.html#20110309 arthurdejong.org
- http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/attachments/txtVf3rHgt8qQ.txt Patch
- http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/msg00000.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8132 securityreason.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46819 Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66028 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com