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Bug 11187

Summary:	nss_ldap-106 exposes shadow passwords when nscd active
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Component:	nss_ldap	Assignee:	Nalin Dahyabhai <nalin>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	6.2	CC:	k.georgiou
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Description Red Hat Bugzilla 2000-05-02 22:25:19 UTC

I have an LDAP setup that only allows access to
(encrypted) passwords when clients binding to a
privileged entity.  I was using nss_ldap to access
this info using its "rootbinddn" option in
/etc/ldap.conf and /etc/ldap.secret.  But I found
that non-privileged clients were able to access
the shadow passwords through ordinary getpw* calls.

The cause of the problem was that nss_ldap-106 was
returning passwords for getpw* calls, even for
shadowed accounts.  Nscd had privileges to access
this info and was passing it on to all clients.

I fixed this problem on my system by upgrading to
an RPM I built for nss_ldap-107, which comes with
a fix for this problem.

(Also, nscd should probably be fixed to drop privs
after creating its socket.)

Comment 1 Red Hat Bugzilla 2002-02-11 16:50:43 UTC

comment.

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2002-12-14 23:11:20 UTC

Nalin can you confirm this was fixed >?

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-07 17:12:46 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Red Hat apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We do
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Please check if this issue is still present in a current Fedora Core
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closed as 'CANTFIX' on September 30, 2006. Thanks again for your help.

Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-10-18 14:15:54 UTC

Red Hat Linux is no longer supported by Red Hat, Inc. If you are still
running Red Hat Linux, you are strongly advised to upgrade to a
current Fedora Core release or Red Hat Enterprise Linux or comparable.
Some information on which option may be right for you is available at
http://www.redhat.com/rhel/migrate/redhatlinux/.

Closing as CANTFIX.