Upstream information

CVE-2011-4973 at MITRE

Description

Authentication bypass vulnerability in mod_nss 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to assume the identity of a valid user by using their certificate and entering 'password' as the password.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 851387 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP4 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 apache2-mod_nss Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 apache2-mod_nss Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 apache2-mod_nss Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 apache2-mod_nss Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:23:03 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 11 15:31:16 2025