CVE-2009-1073

nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.
References
Link Resource
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813 Broken Link Exploit
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806 Broken Link
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476 Mailing List Patch
http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322 Broken Link
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34523 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813 Broken Link Exploit
http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806 Broken Link
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476 Mailing List Patch
http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322 Broken Link
http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34523 Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:debian:nss-ldap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2009-03-31 18:24

Updated : 2025-04-09 00:30


NVD link : CVE-2009-1073

Mitre link : CVE-2009-1073

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-1073


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Products Affected

debian

  • nss-ldap
  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource