CVE-2007-5794

N/A
Published: November 13, 2007 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:46 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNss LDAP

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

All versions

References (29)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27670
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27768
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27839
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28061
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362

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