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CVE-2011-4973

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Date: February 15, 2018

Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to assume the identity of a valid user by using their certificate and entering 'password' as the password.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (6)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1017197

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4973

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4973

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2011-4973

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/mod_nss-list/2011-May/msg00001.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-4973

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Authentication Issues

CWE-287

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version mod_nss109

CVSS v3

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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