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CVE-2007-5794 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/27670 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27768 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27839 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28061 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/29083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30352 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31227 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31524 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:049 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020088 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-5794
NVD Published Date:
11/13/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.