CVE-2014-4668

medium

Published 2014-07-02 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.8

Description

The cherokee_validator_ldap_check function in validator_ldap.c in Cherokee 1.2.103 and earlier, when LDAP is used, does not properly consider unauthenticated-bind semantics, which allows remote attackers to bypass authentication via an empty password.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 3 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
22	Affected	—
21	Affected	—
20	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
cherokee-project	cherokee	`{"endIncluding":"1.2.103"}`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.2`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.98`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.99`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.101`
cherokee-project	cherokee	`1.2.102`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.