CVE-2006-5170 describes a vulnerability in pam_ldap within nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3, and potentially other distributions. The flaw allows pam_authenticate to return a success code even when LDAP authentication has failed, due to improper handling of PasswordPolicyResponse controls. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated attackers to potentially bypass authentication (C, I, A: P). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= core_3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:linux_kernel_2.6.9:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0_s390CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:4.0_s390:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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