CVE-2007-5794
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (67th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5764)
- Published
- November 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5764 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nss ldap / nss ldap
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27670(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27768(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27839(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28061(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28838(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29083(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30352(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31227(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31524(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1430
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html
- http://www.dovecot.org/list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:049
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26452(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020088
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38505
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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