CVE-2006-5170
libpam-ldap
EPSS 3.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2006-5170
To remediate CVE-2006-5170, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libpam-ldap—upgrade to 180-1.2 or later
- Debian/libpam-ldap—upgrade to 178-1sarge3 or later
Is CVE-2006-5170 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 180-1.2
- from 0, < 178-1sarge3