Nss Ldap race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Nss Ldap and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in race condition. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-5794. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Nss Ldap (Directory Service Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence 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 that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 11/15/2007. The weakness was released 11/13/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5794 since 11/02/2007. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33583 (RHEL 4 : nss_ldap (RHSA-2008:0715)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115948 (Red Hat nss_ldap Security and Bug Fix Update (RHSA-2008:0715-5)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 10 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38505), Tenable (33583), SecurityFocus (BID 26452†), OSVDB (42223†) and Secunia (SA27670†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 33583
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : nss_ldap (RHSA-2008:0715)
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OpenVAS ID: 60009
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1430-1 (libnss-ldap)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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11/02/2007 🔍
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11/15/2007 +2 days 🔍
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12/03/2007 +18 days 🔍
05/22/2008 +171 days 🔍
07/24/2008 +63 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2425 days 🔍
06/02/2025 +3731 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-5794 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5794
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-39651

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X-Force: 38505
SecurityFocus: 26452 - PADL 'nss_ldap' Race Condition Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 27670 - nss_ldap Race Condition Security Issue, Less Critical
OSVDB: 42223 - CVE-2007-5794 - Nss_ldap - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020088
Vulnerability Center: 16971 - PADL Nss_ldap Race Condition Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Obtain Sensitive Data, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 06/02/2025 04:48
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (79), 08/01/2019 06:49 (5), 06/02/2025 04:48 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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