CVE-2011-3226 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Open Directory in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2, when an LDAPv3 server is used with RFC 2307 or custom mappings, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement by leveraging lack of an AuthenticationAuthority attribute for a user account.

Published: 2011-10-14

Score: 6.8 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:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.7.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x_server:10.7.1:::::::*

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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-2011-3190	Open Directory in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2, when an LDAPv3 server is used with RFC 2307 or custom mappings, allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement by leveraging lack of an AuthenticationAuthority attribute for a user account.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00323.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/76371
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Mac Os X Mac Os X Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2011-10-14T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:29:56.156Z

Reserved: 2011-08-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3226

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-10-14T10:55:09.247

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

Link: CVE-2011-3226

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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