Is CVE-2006-5170 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-5170 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5170?

CVE-2006-5170 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2006-5170?

Patch guidance is available from fedoraproject security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2006-5170.

CVE-2006-5170 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2006-5170?

10 products: fedoraproject fedora core, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux, redhat enterprise linux desktop, redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems, and 5 more.

Description

pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pam_authenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-755

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FEDORAPROJECT
Published: 10/10/2006
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

fedoraproject : fedora_coreredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linuxredhat : enterprise_linux_desktopredhat : enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsredhat : enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systemsredhat : enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endianredhat : enterprise_linux_serverredhat : enterprise_linux_workstationdebian : debian_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD