CVE-2009-1073 Information

Description

nss-ldapd before 0.6.8 uses world-readable permissions for the /etc/nss-ldapd.conf file which allows local users to obtain a cleartext password for the LDAP server by reading the bindpw field.

Reference

http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/debian/libnss-ldapd.postinst?r1=795&r2=813 http://arthurenhella.demon.nl/viewvc/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd/man/nss-ldapd.conf.5.xml?r1=805&r2=806 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520476 http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/nss-ldapd/news.html20090322 http://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1073 http://secunia.com/advisories/34523 http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1758 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/23/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/24/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34211