CVE-2011-1561

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The LDAP login feature in bos.rte.security 6.1.6.4 in IBM AIX 6.1, when ldap_auth is enabled in ldap.cfg, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via a login attempt with an arbitrary password.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 6.1

References

http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/43968
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025273
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ97416
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0836
http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ldapauth_advisory.asc
http://secunia.com/advisories/43968
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025273
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ97416
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0836

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