CVE-2014-3879

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3879
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-18 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-27 15:52:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenPAM 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeBSD OpenPAM Login Policy Parser Unauthorized Access Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc MISC www.freebsd.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
HISTORY in openpam/trunk – OpenPAM CONFIRM www.openpam.org Release Notes
FreeBSD PAM Policy Parser Remote Authentication Bypass - SecurityTracker MISC www.securitytracker.com Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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