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.
Published: 2005-06-29
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-2071 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-152-1 PAM/NSS LDAP vulnerabilitiy
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Openldap Openldap
Padl Nss Ldap Pam Ldap
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.352Z

Reserved: 2005-06-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2069

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-06-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2069

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2005-06-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2069 - Bugzilla

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