Description
nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file, which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 5.0 | nss-ldapd | 0.6.7.1 | DSA-1758-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-1758-1 nss-ldapd - information disclosure Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20090323 CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476
- 34211 vdb-entry
- http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap mailing-list
- http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806
- [oss-security] 20090324 Re: CVE request -- ucd-snmp / net-snmp, libnss-ldapd / nss_ldap mailing-list
- 34523 third-party-advisory
- http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html#20090322
- http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073
- DSA-1758 vendor-advisory