CVE-2007-5794

Published Nov 13, 2007

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Race 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.3
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:nss_ldap:nss_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "6A6B086B-F03D-4B3B-BE8C-60CDAB1955C2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References