Security readout for executives and security teams
This flaw can make an LDAP-backed login system treat a missing user as successfully authenticated. If an organization still runs nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0 in PAM authentication paths, the business risk is unauthorized access to systems protected by that login flow. Exposure is most likely on Unix/Linux systems using nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0 for PAM authentication against LDAP. Systems not using this module or version are not shown as affected by the supplied sources. Treat as high priority if any production authentication path still uses nss-pam-ldapd 0.8.0. The issue directly concerns login bypass, but urgency depends on current deployment evidence because the CVE is old and exploitation evidence is not supplied. Mitigation focus: Inventory hosts using nss-pam-ldapd in PAM authentication paths.; Check installed nss-pam-ldapd versions for 0.8.0 exposure.; Apply vendor or distribution guidance for CVE-2011-0438..
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- nsspamldapd-pam-sec-bypass(66028)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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