CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-9278
4.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-12-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The OpenSSH server, as used in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and when running in a Kerberos environment, allows remote authenticated users to log in as another user when they are listed in the .k5users file of that user, which might bypass intended authentication requirements that would force a local login.
Affected configurations
• openbsd openssh
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.general/15855 thread.gmane.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/02/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/17 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71420 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1867 bugzilla.mindrot.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169843 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99090 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0425.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.kerberos.general/15855 thread.gmane.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/02/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/04/17 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71420 www.securityfocus.com
- https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1867 bugzilla.mindrot.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169843 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99090 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com