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RSBAC User Management Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26147
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Release Date:
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2007-07-23
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Last Update:
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2007-07-27
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Popularity:
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4,989 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | RSBAC 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3945
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in RSBAC, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.
The vulnerability is caused due to the incorrect use of the Linux Kernel Crypto API within certain User Management modules (e.g. rsbac_auth, pam_sbac.so, and pam_login). This can be exploited to bypass authentication by logging in with any password.
The vulnerability is reported in versions 1.3.3 and 1.3.4 running a Linux 2.6.20 or later kernel.
Solution:
Update to version 1.3.5.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a bug by enb.
Changelog:
2007-07-27: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://bugtracker.rsbac.org/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=97
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