DSA-1758-1 nss-ldapd -- insecure config file creation

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1758-1 nss-ldapd -- insecure config file creation

Date Reported:

30 Mar 2009

Affected Packages:

nss-ldapd

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 520476.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2009-1073.

More information:

Leigh James discovered that nss-ldapd, an NSS module for using LDAP as a naming service, by default creates the configuration file /etc/nss-ldapd.conf world-readable which could leak the configured LDAP password if one is used for connecting to the LDAP server.

The old stable distribution (etch) doesn't contain nss-ldapd.

For the stable distribution (lenny) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.7.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.8.

We recommend that you upgrade your nss-ldapd package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (lenny)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd_0.6.7.1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/nss-ldapd_0.6.7.1.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_arm.deb

ARM EABI:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_armel.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/nss-ldapd/libnss-ldapd_0.6.7.1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.