DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5794

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5794

    DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5794

    Published: 13 Nov 2007Last Modified: 4 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2007-5794

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5794

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libnss-ldap

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libnss-ldap?arch=source&distro=bullseye

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -256-1

    Affected versions

    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