CVE-2005-2377

NameCVE-2005-2377
Descriptionnss_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an LDAP directory server, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crond and other application crash) if they can cause an LDAP server to become unavailable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this attack scenario is sufficient to include this item in CVE.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libnss-ldap (PTS)jessie265-3fixed
buster, stretch265-5fixed
bullseye265-6fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libnss-ldapsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- libnss-ldap <not-affected> (Mandrake specfic vulnerability)

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