Home/CVE/libc in OpenBSD 6.6 allows authentication bypass via the -schallenge username, as demonstrated by smtpd, ldapd, or radiu
CVE

CVE-2019-19521

libc in OpenBSD 6.6 allows authentication bypass via the -schallenge username, as demonstrated by smtpd, ldapd, or radiu

libc in OpenBSD 6.6 allows authentication bypass via the -schallenge username, as demonstrated by smtpd, ldapd, or radiusd. This is related to gen/auth_subr.c and gen/authenticate.c in libc (and login/login.c and xenocara/app/xenodm/greeter/verify.c).

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 0.00398
Act now
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
⬡

Weakness Classification

CWE-287Improper Authentication
▤

Affected Products & Versions

1
openbsdall versions
⚠

Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Qualys-Security-Advisory-OpenBSD-Authentication-Bypass-Pr...packetstormsecurity.com
▣

Scoring & Timeline

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
View on NVD
Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD05 Dec 2019 · 12:15 AM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
🔗

References & Sources

6
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/14Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/6Mailing List
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/8ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://www.openbsd.org/errata66.htmlVendor Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/04/5ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Intelligence Graph · click any node to traverse
CVETechnique ActorTool Family
drag to reposition · click any node to traverse · button top-right enlarges
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
NVDCVE.orgCISAVulnersExploit-DBGitHub PoCVulnCheck KEVGreyNoise
Vulnerabilities
CISA KEV catalog
CWE weaknesses
CAPEC attack patterns
Package vulnerabilities
Threat intelligence
Threat actors
Tools & malware
ATT&CK techniques
IOCs
Detection & defense
Sigma rules
YARA rules
Atomic Red Team tests
D3FEND countermeasures
Compliance
NIST 800-53
ISO 27001:2022
SOC 2 TSC
PCI-DSS v4.0
CIS Controls v8.1
About
All capabilities
Live statistics
Data sources
Privacy policy
Terms of service
threatengine.sh  ·  Open-source threat intelligence platform  ·  100+ authoritative sources  ·  Every fact traces to its origin