Critical severity · published Feb 18, 2020
CVE-2014-3879
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…
9.8
CVSS
2.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.7% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
through 9.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3879
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3879
Patch
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.asc
Release Notes
http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORY
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808
Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330
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