CVE-2011-1024

critical

Description

chain.c in back-ldap in OpenLDAP 2.4.x before 2.4.24, when a master-slave configuration with a chain overlay and ppolicy_forward_updates (aka authentication-failure forwarding) is used, allows remote authenticated users to bypass external-program authentication by sending an invalid password to a slave server.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2011-1041

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680466

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=674985

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0665

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1100-1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0347.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0346.html

http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-technical/201004/msg00247.html

http://www.openldap.org/lists/openldap-announce/201102/msg00000.html

http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Software%20Bugs?id=6607

http://www.openldap.org/devel/cvsweb.cgi/servers/slapd/back-ldap/chain.c.diff?r1=1.76&r2=1.77&hideattic=1&sortbydate=0

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:056

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:055

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025188

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-36.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/43718

http://secunia.com/advisories/43708

http://secunia.com/advisories/43331

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/25/13

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/24/12

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10735

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-03-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02593