CVE-2006-5170
Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Fedora Core pam_ldap LDAP Authentication Bypass
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 10, 2006, 4:06 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 25, 2022, 7:20 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5170
vulnerability.
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CVE-2006-5170 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 25, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value 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 Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-755 Added CPE Configuration 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Feb. 03, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) core_3.0 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) core_3.0 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10418 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5170 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5170
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.46 }} 0.02%
score
0.72466
percentile