cve-2017-12197
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-18 21:00
Modified
2024-08-05 18:28
Severity
Summary
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
SourceURLTags
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4025Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
VendorProduct
Red Hat, Inc.libpam4j
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