FKIE_CVE-2009-1073

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-03-31 18:24 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813Broken Link, Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476Mailing List, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/34523Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813Broken Link, Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/34523Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian nss-ldap *
debian debian_linux 5.0
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    },
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