CVE-2007-5794 Race condition in n/a
A race condition in nss_ldap allows attackers to send user data to the wrong process, potentially exposing or modifying sensitive information in multi-threaded applications.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-5794?
CVE-2007-5794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 13 Nov 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5794?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (12)
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:253-5.el4 |
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:253-12.el5 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:253-12.el5 |
nss_ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:253-12.el5 |
nss_ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:253-12.el5 |
Products include Nss Ldap Nss Ldap.
How do I fix CVE-2007-5794?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2007-5794 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5794 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5794, DSA-1430-1, GHSA-8frr-8v9h-5c7m, RHSA-2008:0389, RHSA-2008:0715.