CVE-2023-28503 (GCVE-0-2023-28503)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-29 20:09 – Updated: 2025-02-18 16:05
VLAI?
Title
Authentication bypass in UniRPC's udadmin service
Summary
Rocket Software UniData versions prior to 8.2.4 build 3003 and UniVerse versions prior to 11.3.5 build 1001 or 12.2.1 build 2002 suffer from an authentication bypass vulnerability, where a special username with a deterministic password can be leveraged to bypass authentication checks and execute OS commands as the root user.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-798 - Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Rocket Software UniData Affected: 0 , < 8.2.43.3003 (semver)
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    Rocket Software UniVerse Affected: 0 , < 11.3.5.1001 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 12.2.1.2002 (semver)
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Credits
Ron Bowes
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