ghsa-x9rg-q5fx-fx66
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:38
Modified
2022-07-01 21:27
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Improper Input Validation in libpam4j
Details

It was found that libpam4j prior to 1.10 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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.kohsuke:libpam4j"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.10"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-12197"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-01T21:27:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-01-18T21:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "It was found that libpam4j prior to 1.10 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-x9rg-q5fx-fx66",
  "modified": "2022-07-01T21:27:13Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:38:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12197"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j/issues/18"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j/commit/02ffdff218283629ba4a902e7fe2fd44646abc21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00008.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4025"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Input Validation in libpam4j"
}


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