CVE-2009-1073

MEDIUM

Debian Nss-ldap < 0.6.8 - Incorrect Permission Assignment

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (12)

Core 12
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3
Mailing List, Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3
Broken Link third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34523
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0038
EPSS Percentile 59.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-732
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 5.0
debian/nss-ldap < 0.6.8
Published Mar 31, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026