CVE-2000-0957 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The pluggable authentication module for mysql (pam_mysql) before 0.4.7 does not properly cleanse user input when constructing SQL statements, which allows attackers to obtain plaintext passwords or hashes.

Published: 2001-01-22

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:pam_mysql:pam_mysql:0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pam_mysql:pam_mysql:0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pam_mysql:pam_mysql:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:pam_mysql:pam_mysql:0.4:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0944	The pluggable authentication module for mysql (pam_mysql) before 0.4.7 does not properly cleanse user input when constructing SQL statements, which allows attackers to obtain plaintext passwords or hashes.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00489.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0374.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5447

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pam Mysql Pam Mysql

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:31.676Z

Reserved: 2000-11-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0957

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-12-19T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2000-0957

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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