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…

Description

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (29)

• 28061 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=453868 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27670 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [Dovecot] 20050303 hanging imap... and users getting other users' emails! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=154314 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198390 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29083 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200711-33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• [Dovecot] 20050409 Authentication and the wrong mailbox? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 20080212 FLEA-2008-0003-1 nss_ldap (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10625 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1913 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27768 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 26452 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=367461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0389 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 30352 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 31227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1430 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-332.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 31524 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1020088 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0715 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• nssldap-ldap-race-condition(38505) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 15:46 UTC.