CVE-2017-12197

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12197
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12197.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-12197
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2018-01-18T21:29:00.203Z
Modified
2026-03-15T21:52:36.158201Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kohsuke/libpam4j
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
Database specific
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "1.8"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

libpam4j-1.*
libpam4j-1.5
libpam4j-1.6
libpam4j-1.7
libpam4j-1.8

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12197.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "7.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "8.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "6.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]