CVE-2011-4120

Critical

Description

Yubico PAM Module before 2.10 performed user authentication when 'use_first_pass' PAM configuration option was not used and the module was configured as 'sufficient' in the PAM configuration. A remote attacker could use this flaw to circumvent common authentication process and obtain access to the account in question by providing a NULL value (pressing Ctrl-D keyboard sequence) as the password string.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductYubico Pam Module
PublishedNov 26, 2019
First seenNov 26, 2019

How to fix

Update
  • yubico pam_module2.10 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
yubico pam_modulev < 2.102.10
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0, 10.0—

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