CVE-2007-5794

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5794
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-11-13 23:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that are linked against the pthread library and fork after a call to nss_ldap, might send user data to the wrong process because of improper handling of the LDAP connection. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for Dovecot with the wrong mailboxes being returned, but other applications might also be affected.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nss Ldap Nss Ldap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255 - rPath Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.rpath.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
rPath update for nss_ldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 154314 – nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat update for nss_ldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for nss_ldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#453868 - Race condition in nss_ldap - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Avaya Products nss_ldap Race Condition Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
PADL 'nss_ldap' Race Condition Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[#RPL-1913] nss_ldap CVE-2007-5794 - rPath Issue Tracking System af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- nss_ldap: Information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
nss_ldap May Disclose Information on the Wrong User Request - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[Dovecot] hanging imap... and users getting other users' emails! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org
ASA-2008-332 (RHSA-2008-0715) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
[Dovecot] Authentication and the wrong mailbox? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.dovecot.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:049 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for nss_ldap - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for nss_ldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 367461 – CVE-2007-5794 nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for libnss-ldap - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 198390 - sys-auth/nss_ldap < 258 race condition (CVE-2007-5794) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
nss_ldap Race Condition Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1430-1 libnss-ldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
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