CVE-2011-0002

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2011-01-10
IAVA:
2011-A-0160
Bugzilla:
643227: CVE-2011-0002 libuser creates LDAP users with a default password

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by specifying one of these values.

Find out more about CVE-2011-0002 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libuser) RHSA-2011:0170 2011-01-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (libuser) RHSA-2011:0170 2011-01-20
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (libuser) RHSA-2011:0170 2011-01-20

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 libuser Will not fix

Last Modified

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