{"id":"CVE-2007-4364","aliases":["EUVD-2007-4347","GHSA-fjwx-jcvh-q6g8"],"status":"published","title":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving...","description":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), related to (1) a nonexistent account name in combination with an empty password, which allows remote attackers to trigger a certain \"unexpected / strange response\" from an LDAP server, and (2) a reauthentication attempt that throws an exception, which allows remote attackers to trigger use of a cached authentication decision.  NOTE: authentication can be bypassed by using vector 1 followed by vector 2, and possibly can be bypassed by using a single vector.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":8.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.02825,"percentile":0.86686,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2007-08-15T19:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:43:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"fedoraproject","product":"commons"}],"references":[{"url":"http://osvdb.org/39548","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail\u0026aid=1731608\u0026group_id=177054\u0026atid=879703","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=531870","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25317","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/26445","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36005","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4364"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fjwx-jcvh-q6g8"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2007-4364","description":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), related to (1) a nonexistent account name in combination with an empty password, which allows remote attackers to trigger a certain \"unexpected / strange response\" from an LDAP server, and (2) a reauthentication attempt that throws an exception, which allows remote attackers to trigger use of a cached authentication decision.  NOTE: authentication can be bypassed by using vector 1 followed by vector 2, and possibly can be bypassed by using a single vector.","status":"published","published":"2007-08-15T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T14:53:55.906Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:33:19.093583Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2007-4347","description":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), related to (1) a nonexistent account name in combination with an empty password, which allows remote attackers to trigger a certain \"unexpected / strange response\" from an LDAP server, and (2) a reauthentication attempt that throws an exception, which allows remote attackers to trigger use of a cached authentication decision.  NOTE: authentication can be bypassed by using vector 1 followed by vector 2, and possibly can be bypassed by using a single vector.","status":"published","published":"2007-08-15T19:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-07T14:53:55Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T01:16:22.0225Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-fjwx-jcvh-q6g8","title":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving...","description":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), related to (1) a nonexistent account name in combination with an empty password, which allows remote attackers to trigger a certain \"unexpected / strange response\" from an LDAP server, and (2) a reauthentication attempt that throws an exception, which allows remote attackers to trigger use of a cached authentication decision.  NOTE: authentication can be bypassed by using vector 1 followed by vector 2, and possibly can be bypassed by using a single vector.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-01T18:22:48Z","modified":"2023-01-31T05:04:56Z","cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:48:45.830914Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2007-4364","description":"Fedora Commons before 2.2.1 does not properly handle certain authentication requests involving Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), related to (1) a nonexistent account name in combination with an empty password, which allows remote attackers to trigger a certain \"unexpected / strange response\" from an LDAP server, and (2) a reauthentication attempt that throws an exception, which allows remote attackers to trigger use of a cached authentication decision.  NOTE: authentication can be bypassed by using vector 1 followed by vector 2, and possibly can be bypassed by using a single vector.","status":"published","published":"2007-08-15T19:17:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T22:43:56.423Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":8.5,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:01:19.102336Z"}]}}