Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2007-5794 (CCN-38505)

Assigned:2005-04-09
Published:2005-04-09
Updated:2018-10-15
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
3.2 Low (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availibility (A): None
4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
3.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-362
Vulnerability Consequences:Data Manipulation
References:Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2007-5794

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SR:2008:003

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2008-0389
Low: nss_ldap security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: RHSA-2008-0715
Low: nss_ldap security and bug fix update

Source: CCN
Type: SA27670
nss_ldap Race Condition Security Issue

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27670

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27768

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
27839

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
28061

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
28838

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
29083

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
30352

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
31227

Source: CCN
Type: SA31524
Avaya Products nss_ldap Race Condition Security Issue

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
31524

Source: GENTOO
Type: UNKNOWN
GLSA-200711-33

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1020088
nss_ldap May Disclose Information on the Wrong User Request

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm

Source: CCN
Type: ASA-2008-332
nss_ldap security update (RHSA-2008-0715)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-1430

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-1430
libnss-ldap -- denial of service

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[Dovecot] 20050409 Authentication and the wrong mailbox?

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[Dovecot] 20050303 hanging imap... and users getting other users' emails!

Source: CCN
Type: GLSA-200711-33
nss_ldap: Information disclosure

Source: MANDRIVA
Type: UNKNOWN
MDVSA-2008:049

Source: CCN
Type: PADL Software Pty Ltd Web site
nss_ldap

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2008:0389

Source: REDHAT
Type: UNKNOWN
RHSA-2008:0715

Source: BUGTRAQ
Type: UNKNOWN
20080212 FLEA-2008-0003-1 nss_ldap

Source: BID
Type: Patch
26452

Source: CCN
Type: BID-26452
PADL 'nss_ldap' Race Condition Security Vulnerability

Source: SECTRACK
Type: UNKNOWN
1020088

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314

Source: CCN
Type: Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 367461
CVE-2007-5794 nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nssldap-ldap-race-condition(38505)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
nssldap-ldap-race-condition(38505)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913

Source: OVAL
Type: UNKNOWN
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10625

Source: SUSE
Type: SUSE-SR:2008:003
SUSE Security Summary Report

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:nss_ldap:nss_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 1:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 2:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 3:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 4:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 5:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 6:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 7:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration RedHat 8:
  • cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20075794
    V
    CVE-2007-5794
    2015-11-16
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19840
    P
    DSA-1430-1 libnss-ldap - information disclosure
    2014-06-23
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22248
    P
    ELSA-2008:0389: nss_ldap security and bug fix update (Low)
    2014-05-26
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10625
    V
    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.
    2013-04-29
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080715
    P
    RHSA-2008:0715: nss_ldap security and bug fix update (Low)
    2008-07-24
    oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20080389
    P
    RHSA-2008:0389: nss_ldap security and bug fix update (Low)
    2008-05-26
    oval:org.debian:def:1430
    V
    denial of service
    2007-12-11
    BACK
    nss_ldap nss ldap *