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CVE-2011-0002
libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote…
Medium6.4EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
libuser before 0.57 uses a cleartext password value of (1) !! or (2) x for new LDAP user accounts, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access by specifying one of these values.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 10.0% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- RHSA-2011:0170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 43047 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1024960 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643227 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 42891 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0226 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- libuser-password-security-bypass(64677) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42966 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://fedorahosted.org/libuser/browser/NEWS?rev=libuser-0.57 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 70421 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDVSA-2011:019 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0320 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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