CVE-2009-4879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Identity Server in Novell Access Manager before 3.1 SP1 allows attackers with disabled Active Directory accounts to authenticate using X.509 authentication, which bypasses intended access restrictions.

Published: 2010-05-26

Score: 4.3 Medium

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:access_manager::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:access_manager:3:::::::*

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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-2009-4842	The Identity Server in Novell Access Manager before 3.1 SP1 allows attackers with disabled Active Directory accounts to authenticate using X.509 authentication, which bypasses intended access restrictions.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00096.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.novell.com/documentation/novellaccessmanager31/accessmanager_readme/data/accessmanager_readme.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022581

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Access Manager

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2010-05-26T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T16:18:39.843Z

Reserved: 2010-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4879

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-05-26T18:30:01.767

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2009-4879

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-287

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