CVE-2009-1073

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1073
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-31 18:24:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionnss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-732 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary5.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Application Debian Nss-ldap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
nss-ldapd: news af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ch.tudelft.nl Broken Link
Debian update for nss-ldapd - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1758-1 nss-ldapd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 arthurenhella.demon.nl Broken Link
#520476 - libnss-ldapd: /etc/nss-ldapd.conf is created world-readable, exposing bindpw - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Mailing List, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
CVE-2009-1073 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Third Party Advisory
arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 arthurenhella.demon.nl Broken Link, Exploit
oss-security - CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
PADL nss_ldap '/etc/nss_ldapd.conf' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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