CVE-2006-5170

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pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not

pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pam_authenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.04353

Schedule remediation

CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-755Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions

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Affected Products & Versions

fedoraproject fedora core<= core_3.0
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systemsall versions
redhat enterprise linux for power big endianall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
debian linuxall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD10 Oct 2006 · 04:06 AM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2006:0719Moderate

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291Broken LinkIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.htmlVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22682Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22685Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22694Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22696Third Party Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/22869Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23132Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23428Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xmlVendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.htmlBroken LinkVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threadedThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680Broken LinkThird Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418Third Party Advisory

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