PT-2018-4043 · Red Hat · Mod Nss

Published 2018-02-15 · Updated 2018-03-15 · CVE-2011-4973

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mod nss version 1.0.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and assume the identity of a valid user. This is achieved by using the user's certificate and entering 'password' as the password.

Recommendations For mod nss version 1.0.8, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent authentication bypass. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-4973

Affected Products

Mod Nss

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2011-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4973 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-4973 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4973 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/14/12 · Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/mod_nss-list/2011-May/msg00001.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017197 · Note