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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-5794 json

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…

published 2007-11-13 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5764

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libnss-ldap Debian 11 256-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5794

  • nss_ldap RHEL 4 253-5.el4
  • nss_ldap RHEL 5 253-12.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0715RHSA-2008:0389

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-5794 updated

nss_ldap randomly replying with wrong user's data

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss_ldap 253-12.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss_ldap 253-5.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0715
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss_ldap 253-12.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0389
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss_ldap 253-5.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss_ldap 253-5.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss_ldap 253-5.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0715

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Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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