CVE-2014-4668

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-07-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The cherokee_validator_ldap_check function in validator_ldap.c in Cherokee 1.2.103 and earlier, when LDAP is used, does not properly consider unauthenticated-bind semantics, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.

Affected products

Cherokee-Project Cherokee: through 1.2.103; 1.2.2, 1.2.98, 1.2.99, 1.2.101, 1.2.102
Fedoraproject Fedora: 20, 21, 22
Mageia Project Mageia: 4

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156190.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/3
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/7
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:225
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68249
https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html

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