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.

Updated cherokee packages fix security vulnerability :

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 (CVE-2014-4668).

Resolves bz 1114461 - CVE-2014-4668 cherokee: authentication bypass when LDAP server allows unauthenticated binds

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
83249	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cherokee (MDVSA-2015:225)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	medium
83092	Fedora 21 : cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc21 (2015-6392)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
83091	Fedora 20 : cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc20 (2015-6279)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
83017	Fedora 22 : cherokee-1.2.103-6.fc22 (2015-6194)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2014-4668

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