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CVE-2014-4668
The cherokee_validator_ldap_check function in validator_ldap.c in Cherokee 1.2.103 and earlier, when LDAP is used, does not properly…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- 68249 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140628 Re: CVE request / advisory: Cherokee (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:225 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6279 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140628 CVE request / advisory: Cherokee (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-6194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4590 (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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