6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-12197

Published: 18/01/2018 Updated: 09/10/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 3.6 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 356
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

It was found that libpam4j up to and including 1.8 did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating. A user with a valid password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information.

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Debian Bug report logs - #879001 CVE-2017-12197: libpam4j: Account check bypass Package: src:libpam4j; Maintainer for src:libpam4j is Debian Java Maintainers <pkg-java-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Reported by: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debianorg> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:24:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patc ...
Synopsis Moderate: Red Hat Single Sign-On security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic Red Hat Single Sign-On 713 is now available for download from the Customer PortalRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring ...
Synopsis Moderate: rh-sso7-keycloak security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for rh-sso7-keycloak is now available for Red Hat Single Sign-On 71 for RHEL 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring ...
Synopsis Moderate: rh-sso7-keycloak security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for rh-sso7-keycloak is now available for Red Hat Single Sign-On 71 for RHEL 6Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate A Common Vulnerability Scoring ...
It was found that libpam4j did not properly validate user accounts when authenticating A user with a valid password for a disabled account would be able to bypass security restrictions and possibly access sensitive information ...