CVE-2017-12197

medium

Description

It 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.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4025

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00008.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-01-18

Updated: 2019-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium