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Mandriva: Updated nss_ldap package fixes race condition Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that use pthread and fork after a call to nss_ldap, does not properly handle the LDAP connection, which might cause nss_ldap to return the wrong user data to the wrong process, giving one user access to data belonging to another user, in some cases. The updated package hais been patched to prevent this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2008:049
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : nss_ldap
 Date    : February 25, 2008
 Affected: 2007.0, Corporate 4.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A race condition in nss_ldap, when used in applications that use
 pthread and fork after a call to nss_ldap, does not properly handle the
 LDAP connection, which might cause nss_ldap to return the wrong user
 data to the wrong process, giving one user access to data belonging
 to another user, in some cases.
 
 The updated package hais been patched to prevent this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5794
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 734883fd4974f083ac6005a56438754b  2007.0/i586/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 5f11443bb851c8c650c2aa1fa89743bd  2007.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 cdcf474742cdbeeb2d8c479a17270195  2007.0/x86_64/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 5f11443bb851c8c650c2aa1fa89743bd  2007.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-250-1.1mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0:
 f862188b3f2f11aa03f656dc29bee938  corporate/4.0/i586/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.i586.rpm 
 735c052491e2d3943be54bc93cc6fb29  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm

 Corporate 4.0/X86_64:
 01bc19f756541e2a34943255f75a7ca4  corporate/4.0/x86_64/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.x86_64.rpm 
 735c052491e2d3943be54bc93cc6fb29  corporate/4.0/SRPMS/nss_ldap-239-3.2.20060mlcs4.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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