CVE-2014-3879

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

OpenPAM Nummularia 9.2 through 10.0 does not properly handle the error reported when an include directive refers to a policy that does not exist, which causes the loaded policy chain to no be discarded and allows context-dependent attackers to bypass authentication via a login (1) without a password or (2) with an incorrect password.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.ascPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORYRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:13.pam.ascPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openpam.org/browser/openpam/trunk/HISTORYRelease Notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67808Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030330Patch, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 18, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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