CVE-2006-5170
pam_ldap - Info Disclosure
Title source: llmDescription
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