CVE-2014-4668

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4668
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-02 04:14:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe cherokee_validator_ldap_check function in validator_ldap.c in Cherokee 1.2.103 and earlier, when LDAP is used, does not properly consider unauthenticated-bind semantics, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee 1.2.101 All All All
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee 1.2.102 All All All
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee 1.2.2 All All All
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee 1.2.98 All All All
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee 1.2.99 All All All
Application Cherokee-project Cherokee All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0181 - Updated cherokee packages fix CVE-2014-4668 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Prevent the LDAP validator from accepting an empty password. · cherokee/webserver@fbda667 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Cherokee CVE-2014-4668 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:225 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE request / advisory: Cherokee af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request / advisory: Cherokee af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
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