CVE-2019-19521 (GCVE-0-2019-19521)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-04 23:33 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:16
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
libc in OpenBSD 6.6 allows authentication bypass via the -schallenge username, as demonstrated by smtpd, ldapd, or radiusd. This is related to gen/auth_subr.c and gen/authenticate.c in libc (and login/login.c and xenocara/app/xenodm/greeter/verify.c).
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.openbsd.org/errata66.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155572/Qualy… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14 | mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC |
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