{"id":"CVE-2014-4668","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-4668","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:13.903Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2014-07-02T04:14:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:10:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","mageia project/mageia","cherokee-project/cherokee"],"epss":{"score":0.02844,"percentile":0.8659,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156190.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/7","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:225","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68249","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0181.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/155776.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156162.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156190.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/28/7","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:225","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68249","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/cherokee/webserver/commit/fbda667221c51f0aa476a02366e0cf66cb012f88","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4668","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}