CVE-2006-5170 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2006-5170: 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 cod

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2006-5170 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

libpam-ldap→ fixed in180-1.2urgency: medium

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y libpam-ldap

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