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CVE-2007-5794

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5794 describes a race condition in nss_ldap, specifically when applications linked with the pthread library fork after calling nss_ldap. This flaw could lead to user data being sent to the wrong process due to improper handling of LDAP connections, initially observed in Dovecot but potentially affecting other applications utilizing nss_ldap. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity with network access required, and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:nss_ldap:nss_ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0116 is in the 28th percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: nss_ldap-0:253-5.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: nss_ldap-0:253-12.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5794Low

nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data

Apr 9, 2005

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/27670
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27768
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27839
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28061
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28838
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29083
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30352
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31227
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31524
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200711-33.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/38505
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1913
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10625
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm
wiki.rpath.com / wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1430
dovecot.org / list/dovecot/2005-April/006859.html
dovecot.org / list/dovecot/2005-March/006345.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0389.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0715.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487985/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/26452
Patch
securitytracker.com / id