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CVE-2005-2069
pam_ldap and nss_ldap, when used with OpenLDAP and connecting to a slave using TLS, does not use TLS for the subsequent connection if the…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
pam_ldap and nss_ldap, when used with OpenLDAP and connecting to a slave using TLS, does not use TLS for the subsequent connection if the client is referred to a master, which may cause a password to be sent in cleartext and allows remote attackers to sniff the password.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
20
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=161990 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-2005-07-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96767 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-157.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14126 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:751 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ldap-tls-information-disclosure(21245) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 17692 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.openldap.org/its/index.cgi/Incoming?id=3791 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050704 pam_ldap/nss_ldap password leak in a master+slave+start_tls LDAP setup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=210 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 14125 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9445 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 21520 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:767 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-152-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2071 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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