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high 7.5

CVE-2005-2641 json

Unknown vulnerability in pam_ldap before 180 does not properly handle a new password policy control, which could allow attackers to gain pr…

published 2005-08-21 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2642

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unknown vulnerability in pam_ldap before 180 does not properly handle a new password policy control, which could allow attackers to gain privileges. NOTE: CVE-2005-2497 had also been assigned to this issue, but CVE-2005-2641 is the correct candidate.

Patch / fix

  • libpam-ldap Debian 11 178-1sarge1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2641

  • nss_ldap RHEL 4 226-10
  • openldap RHEL 4 2.2.13-4
  • compat-openldap RHEL 4 2.1.30-4
  • openldap-clients RHEL 4 2.2.13-4
  • openldap-servers RHEL 4 2.2.13-4
  • openldap-servers-sql RHEL 4 2.2.13-4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:767

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-2005-2641 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 nss_ldap 226-10, openldap 2.2.13-4, compat-openldap 2.1.30-4, openldap-clients 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers-sql 2.2.13-4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 nss_ldap 226-10, openldap 2.2.13-4, compat-openldap 2.1.30-4, openldap-clients 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers-sql 2.2.13-4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 nss_ldap 226-10, openldap 2.2.13-4, compat-openldap 2.1.30-4, openldap-clients 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers-sql 2.2.13-4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 nss_ldap 226-10, openldap 2.2.13-4, compat-openldap 2.1.30-4, openldap-clients 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers 2.2.13-4, openldap-servers-sql 2.2.13-4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:767

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Exploit prediction

3.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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