NVD

CVE-2006-5170 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pam_authenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291	Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291	Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22682	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22682	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22694	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22694	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22696	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22696	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22869	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22869	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23428	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23428	Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203	Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html	Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html	Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680	Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-755	Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions	NIST

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Change History

7 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:18:09 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291
Added	Reference	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/22682
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/22694
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/22696
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/22869
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/23428
Added	Reference	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml
Added	Reference	http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203
Added	Reference	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201
Added	Reference	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880
Added	Reference	http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
Added	Reference	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286
Added	Reference	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/25/2022 2:20:23 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-755
Removed	CWE	NIST NVD-CWE-Other
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 503 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390x::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291 No Types Assigned	http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291 Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html No Types Assigned	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/22682 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/22682 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/22685 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/22685 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/22694 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/22694 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/22696 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/22696 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/22869 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/22869 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/23132 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/23428 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/23428 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml No Types Assigned	http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153 No Types Assigned	http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203 Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201 No Types Assigned	http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html No Types Assigned	http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ No Types Assigned	http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/ Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319 No Types Assigned	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680 No Types Assigned	https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418 Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5170
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2006
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2006-5170 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:18:09 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:39:54 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/25/2022 2:20:23 PM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 2/03/2022 12:19:41 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/17/2018 5:41:32 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2017 9:31:18 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 10/10/2006 11:48:00 AM

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