CVE-2005-2641

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in pam_ldap before 180 does not properly handle a new password policy control, which could allow attackers to gain privileges. NOTE: CVE-2005-2497 had also been assigned to this issue, but CVE-2005-2641 is the correct candidate.

Affected products

Padl Software Pam Ldap: through build_178

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17233
http://secunia.com/advisories/17270
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778916
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:190
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-767.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447859/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14649
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-680
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10370
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2005-August/msg00170.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17233
http://secunia.com/advisories/17270

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