Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-5794
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.
Products affected by CVE-2007-5794
- cpe:2.3:a:nss_ldap:nss_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5794
0.90%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 83 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-5794
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2007-5794
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The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2007-5794
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http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm
ASA-2008-332 (RHSA-2008-0715)
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:049
Mandriva
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html
Support
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http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020088
GoDaddy Domain Name Search
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http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html
[Dovecot] hanging imap... and users getting other users' emails!
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868
#453868 - Race condition in nss_ldap - Debian Bug report logs
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http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430
[SECURITY] [DSA 1430-1] New libnss-ldap packages fix denial of service
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314
154314 – nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461
367461 – (CVE-2007-5794) CVE-2007-5794 nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html
Support
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded
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https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913
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http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html
[Dovecot] Authentication and the wrong mailbox?
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452
Patch
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390
198390 – sys-auth/nss_ldap < 258 race condition (CVE-2007-5794)
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:003 - openSUSE Security Announce - openSUSE Mailing Lists
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625
404 Not Found
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml
nss_ldap: Information disclosure (GLSA 200711-33) — Gentoo security
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