VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-5794

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.16%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-11-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

Race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that are linked against the pthread library and fork after a call to nss_ldap, might send user data to the wrong process because of improper handling of the LDAP connection. NOTE: this issue was originally reported for Dovecot with the wrong mailboxes being returned, but other applications might also be affected.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references