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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-049

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-049
Posted Feb 25, 2008
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that use pthread and fork after a call to nss_ldap, does not properly handle the LDAP connection, which might cause nss_ldap to return the wrong user data to the wrong process, giving one user access to data belonging to another user, in some cases.

tags | advisory
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2007-5794
SHA-256 | 75d112db369f9688f13bfe33d1021ffa3523f0ff6d776022e439f0fd22953ac3

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2008-049

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:049
https://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : nss_ldap
Date : February 25, 2008
Affected: 2007.0, Corporate 4.0
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Problem Description:

A race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that use
pthread and fork after a call to nss_ldap, does not properly handle the
LDAP connection, which might cause nss_ldap to return the wrong user
data to the wrong process, giving one user access to data belonging
to another user, in some cases.

The updated package hais been patched to prevent this issue.
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References:

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5794
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
734883fd4974f083ac6005a56438754b 2007.0/i586/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm
5f11443bb851c8c650c2aa1fa89743bd 2007.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
cdcf474742cdbeeb2d8c479a17270195 2007.0/x86_64/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm
5f11443bb851c8c650c2aa1fa89743bd 2007.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0:
f862188b3f2f11aa03f656dc29bee938 corporate/4.0/i586/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm
735c052491e2d3943be54bc93cc6fb29 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
01bc19f756541e2a34943255f75a7ca4 corporate/4.0/x86_64/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm
735c052491e2d3943be54bc93cc6fb29 corporate/4.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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