CVE-2014-4668

Summary

CVECVE-2014-4668
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-02 04:14:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-03 02:59:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-287

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 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 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
Operating System Mageia Project Mageia 4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Cherokee CVE-2014-4668 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0181 - Updated cherokee packages fix CVE-2014-4668 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request / advisory: Cherokee MLIST openwall.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:225 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
oss-security - CVE request / advisory: Cherokee MLIST openwall.com
Prevent the LDAP validator from accepting an empty password. · cherokee/webserver@fbda667 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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