CVE-2014-3879
CRITICALFreeBSD < 9.2 - Authentication Bypass via Missing Policy Include Directive
Title source: llmDescription
OpenPAM 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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORY
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc
Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0149
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-287
Status
published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd
< 9.2
Published
Feb 18, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026