CVE-2006-5170

pam_ldap - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

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.

References (21)

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Scores

EPSS 0.0435
EPSS Percentile 88.8%

Classification

CWE
CWE-755
Status draft

Affected Products (10)

fedoraproject/fedora_core < core_3.0
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems
redhat/enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian
redhat/enterprise_linux_server
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation
debian/debian_linux

Timeline

Published Oct 10, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026