Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5170
CVE-2006-5170
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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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:linux_kernel_2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
21- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1203nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cginvdBroken LinkIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22682nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22685nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22694nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22696nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22869nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23132nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23428nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-19.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_27_sr.htmlnvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20880nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0061/nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4319nvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680nvdBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10418nvdThird Party Advisory
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