CVE-2009-1073
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 31, 2009 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDebian LinuxNss LDAP
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (12)
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/34523Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732
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