CVE-2009-4879 (GCVE-0-2009-4879)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-05-26 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 16:18
VLAI
Summary
The Identity Server in Novell Access Manager before 3.1 SP1 allows attackers with disabled Active Directory accounts to authenticate using X.509 authentication, which bypasses intended access restrictions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022581 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.novell.com/documentation/novellaccessm… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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