CVE-2014-4668

Cherokee <1.2.103 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

The 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.

References (9)

[Third Party Advisory] http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:225

[Patch] https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68249

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156190.html

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/3

[Mailing List] http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/7

Scores

EPSS 0.0060

EPSS Percentile 69.3%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (10)

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

fedoraproject/fedora

mageia_project/mageia

cherokee-project/cherokee < 1.2.103

cherokee-project/cherokee

cherokee-project/cherokee

cherokee-project/cherokee

cherokee-project/cherokee

cherokee-project/cherokee

Timeline

Published Jul 02, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026