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libpam-ldap: insecure password control

Package(s):libpam-ldap CVE #(s):CVE-2006-5170
Created:November 3, 2006 Updated:December 21, 2006
Description: Steve Rigler discovered that the PAM module for authentication against LDAP servers processes PasswordPolicyReponse control messages incorrectly, which might lead to an attacker being able to login into a suspended system account.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200612-19 2006-12-20
SuSE SUSE-SR:2006:027 2006-11-24
Red Hat RHSA-2006:0719-01 2006-11-15
Mandriva MDKSA-2006:201 2006-11-07
Trustix TSLSA-2006-0061 2006-11-03
Debian DSA-1203-1 2006-11-02
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