CVE-2017-12197

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12197
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-18 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:22:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating. A user with a valid password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Libpam4j Project Libpam4j All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1503103 – (CVE-2017-12197) CVE-2017-12197 libpam4j: Account check bypass CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1165-1] libpam4j security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4025-1 libpam4j DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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