CVE-2017-12197
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
02 Description
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
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
- 1.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 73.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2018-01-18 21:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 18:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-01
- 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
- 95b6496cc7f7958fba36b00b92a3ed5b035d6418324f1975613c14ca44044701
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171107 [SECURITY] [DLA 1165-1] libpam4j security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00008.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2904https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2904
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2905https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2905
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:2906https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2906
- www.debian.orgDSA-4025https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4025
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503103
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libpam4j Fixed in 1.4-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libpam4j Fixed in 1.4-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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