Unscored severity · published Oct 10, 2006
CVE-2006-5170
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…
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CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
3.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
4.0; 4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems · Redhat
4.0_s390; 4.0_s390x · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
4.0 · source: NVD
FC
Fedora Core · Fedoraproject
through core_3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5170
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5170
Broken Link
http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22682
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22694
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22696
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