CVE-2014-4668
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 2.8% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4590)
- Published
- July 2, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4590 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- cherokee-project / cherokee
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- mageia project / mageia
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156190.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/3
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:225
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68249
- https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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