CVE-2007-5373

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    CVE-2007-5373

    Published: 11 Oct 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: ldapscripts 1.4 and 1.7 sends a password as a command line argument when calling some LDAP programs, which might allow local users to read the password by listing the process and its arguments, as demonstrated by a call to ldappasswd in the _changepassword function.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/27111, http://secunia.com/advisories/29395, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1517, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=445582, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25982, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37029

    Affected packages

    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