CVE-2011-0002
libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by specifying one of these values.
02 Description
libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by specifying one of these values.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2011-01-22 21:00Z15 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-12-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7f4c13e78746cc51a5a1a08f3638a9c7293ef923e90bfdf029ed13f20d59b2df
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:0170http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0170.html
- secunia.com43047http://secunia.com/advisories/43047
- securitytracker.com1024960http://securitytracker.com/id?1024960
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643227
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0316http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053365.html
- secunia.com42891http://secunia.com/advisories/42891
- www.securityfocus.com45791http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45791
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0226http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0226
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibuser-password-security-bypass(64677)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64677
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0201http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0201
- secunia.com42966http://secunia.com/advisories/42966
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- fedorahosted.orghttps://fedorahosted.org/libuser/browser/NEWS?rev=libuser-0.57
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0184http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0184
- www.osvdb.org70421http://www.osvdb.org/70421
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:019http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:019
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-0320http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053378.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libuser Fixed in 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libuser Fixed in 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libuser Fixed in 1:0.56.9.dfsg.1-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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