RHSA-2006:0179

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2006-01-10 19:32 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:29
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: auth_ldap security update
Severity
Critical
Notes
Topic: An updated auth_ldap packages that fixes a format string security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details: The auth_ldap package is an httpd module that allows user authentication against information stored in an LDAP database. A format string flaw was found in the way auth_ldap logs information. It may be possible for a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the 'apache' user if auth_ldap is used for user authentication. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2006-0150 to this issue. Note that this issue only affects servers that have auth_ldap installed and configured to perform user authentication against an LDAP database. All users of auth_ldap should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. This issue does not affect the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4 distributions as they do not include the auth_ldap package.
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CVE-2006-0150

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the auth_ldap_log_reason function in Apache auth_ldap 1.6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via various vectors, including the username.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::ws —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Critical
References
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