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Improper Authentication

CVE-2003-1434

Medium
6.8/10

Summary

login_ldap 3.1 and 3.2 allows remote attackers to initiate unauthenticated bind requests if (1) bind_anon_dn is on, which allows a bind with no password provided, (2) bind_anon_cred is on, which allows a bind with no DN, or (3) bind_anon is on, which allows a bind with no DN or password.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published