CVE-2007-5794

NameCVE-2007-5794
DescriptionRace 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1430-1
Debian Bugs453868

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libnss-ldap (PTS)bullseye265-6fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libnss-ldapsourcesarge238-1sarge1DSA-1430-1
libnss-ldapsourceetch251-7.5etch1DSA-1430-1
libnss-ldapsource(unstable)256-1453868

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