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    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.

    Published:Apr 9, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 13, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.01591
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Nss Ldap
    Product
    Nss Ldap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27670
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27768
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27839
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28061
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29083
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30352
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31227
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31524
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:049
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020088
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868
    http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27670
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27768
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27839
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28061
    http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29083
    http://secunia.com/advisories/30352
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31227
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31524
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm
    http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html
    http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:049
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020088
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High