Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 13, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-5794
CVE-2007-5794
Description
Race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that are linked against the pthread library and fork after a call to nss_ldap, might send user data to the wrong process because of improper handling of the LDAP connection. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for Dovecot with the wrong mailboxes being returned, but other applications might also be affected.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:nss_ldap:nss_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
29- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/27670nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27768nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27839nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28061nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28838nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/29083nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/30352nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31227nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31524nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xmlnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htmnvd
- wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430nvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.htmlnvd
- www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.htmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625nvd
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