7.5

CVE-2006-5170: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2006:0719DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5170DSA-1203-1
Published 04-10-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-5170 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.07% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
4.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat8 products
Debian2 products
Fedoraproject1 product

3 vendors · 11 products

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