# CVE-2013-0288: nss-pam-ldapd before 0.7.18 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-03-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

nss-pam-ldapd before 0.7.18 and 0.8.x before 0.8.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by performing a name lookup on an application with a large number of open file descriptors, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow related to incorrect use of the FD_SET macro.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-0288
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0590.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58007
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=690319
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2628
- http://arthurdejong.org/git/nss-pam-ldapd/commit/?id=7867b93f9a7c76b96f1571cddc1de0811134bb81
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/18/2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099438.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52212
- http://arthurdejong.org/git/nss-pam-ldapd/commit/?id=f266f05f20afe73e89c3946a7bd60bd7c5948e1b
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52242
- http://arthurdejong.org/git/nss-pam-ldapd/commit/?id=abf03bc54032beeff95b1b8634cc005137e11f32
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:106
- http://lists.arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd-announce/2013/msg00001.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82175
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0071
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00087.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00091.html

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