CVE-2005-2377

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-07-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

nss_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an LDAP directory server, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crond and other application crash) if they can cause an LDAP server to become unavailable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this attack scenario is sufficient to include this item in CVE.

Affected products

Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 10.0
Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: all versions

References

http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13271
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:121
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40501
http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=13271
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:121
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40501

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