CVE-2011-4966

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4966
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-12 23:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionmodules/rlm_unix/rlm_unix.c in FreeRADIUS before 2.2.0, when unix mode is enabled for user authentication, does not properly check the password expiration in /etc/shadow, which allows remote authenticated users to authenticate using an expired password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freeradius Freeradius All All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.4 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.5 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.6 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.7 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.7.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.8 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.8.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.9 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.9.0 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.9.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.9.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 0.9.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.0 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.4 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.0.5 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.0 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.4 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.5 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.6 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.7 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 1.1.8 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0.4 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.0.5 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.0 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.1 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.10 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.11 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.12 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.2 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.3 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.4 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.6 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.7 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.8 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius 2.1.9 All All All
Application Freeradius Freeradius All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
heck for account and password expiration · alandekok/freeradius-server@1b1ec5c · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:0137-1: moderate: update for freeradius-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2013:0191-1: moderate: freeradius-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900888 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for freeradius (7231)

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