Improper Authentication in iodine - CVE-2014-4168

 

Improper Authentication in iodine - CVE-2014-4168

Published: July 3, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41500
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4168
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

(1) iodined.c and (2) user.c in iodine before 0.7.0 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by continuing execution after an error has been triggering.


Affected software

iodine
Fedora
iodine

How to mitigate CVE-2014-4168

Install update from vendor's website.

iodine - addressed in versions 0.7.0-1.el5, 0.7.0-1.el6

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