CVE-2011-0438

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2011-0438 · Published 15/03/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2011-0438 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting nss-pam-ldapd (arthurdejong).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nss-pam-ldapd arthurdejong	`= 0.8.0`	No fix yet

Description

nslcd/pam.c in the nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0 PAM module returns a success code when a user is not found in LDAP, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication.

References

arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/news.html
lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/attachments/txtVf3rHgt8qQ.txt · Patch
lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2011/msg00000.html · Patch
securityreason.com/securityalert/8132
securityfocus.com/bid/46819 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66028

More vulnerabilities in nss-pam-ldapd

See all →

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free