CVE-2006-5170

N/A Unknown
Published: October 10, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22682
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22694
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22696
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22869
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23428
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22682
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22685
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22694
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22696
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22869
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23132
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23428
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

42 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-755

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject debian redhat

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