CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-3879
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
OpenPAM Nummularia 9.2 through 10.0 does not properly handle the error reported when an include directive refers to a policy that does not exist, which causes the loaded policy chain to no be discarded and allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a login (1) without a password or (2) with an incorrect password.
Affected configurations
• freebsd freebsd (<= 9.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORY Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330 Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORY Release Notes
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330 Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory