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CVE-2006-5170

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.83%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-10 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2006-5170
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.83%
Linux

Original NVD 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.