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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22682Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22685Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22694Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22696Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22869Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23132Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23428Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418Third Party Advisory
- http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22682Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22685Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22694Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22696Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22869Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23132Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23428Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:201Third Party Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.htmlBroken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207286Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 10, 2006
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified