CVE-2009-1073 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2009-1073?

CVE-2009-1073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Mar 2009. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-732

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-1073?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Debian Nss-Ldap.

How do I fix CVE-2009-1073?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2009-1073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-1073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-1758-1, GHSA-cx3j-8rc2-m25x.