National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2069

Overview

pam_ldap and nss_ldap, when used with OpenLDAP and connecting to a slave using TLS, does not use TLS for the subsequent connection if the client is referred to a master, which may cause a password to be sent in cleartext and allows remote attackers to sniff the password.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=3791

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=3791

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161990

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161990

External Source: XF

Name: ldap-tls-information-disclosure(21245)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/21245

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2005:121

Hyperlink:http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:121

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-152-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-152-1

External Source: BID

Name: 14126

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14126

External Source: BID

Name: 14125

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14125

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:767

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-767.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:751

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-751.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 17692

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/17692

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-2005-07-13

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-13.xml

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-157.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-157.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21520

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21520

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17845

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17845

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 17233

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17233

External Source: MISC

Name: http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211

Hyperlink:http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96767

Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96767

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20050704 pam_ldap/nss_ldap password leak in a master+slave+start_tls LDAP setup

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-07/0060.html