{"cve":"CVE-2006-5170","nvd":{"published":"2006-10-10T04:06:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:30:38.147","status":"Modified","description":"pam_ldap in nss_ldap on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, Fedora Core 3 and earlier, and possibly other distributions does not return an error condition when an LDAP directory server responds with a PasswordPolicyResponse control response, which causes the pam_authenticate function to return a success code even if authentication has failed, as originally reported for xscreensaver.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-755"],"references":["http://bugzilla.padl.com/show_bug.cgi?id=291","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0719.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/22682","http://secunia.com/advisories/22685","http://secunia.com/advisories/22694"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","fedoraproject:fedora_core","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop","redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems","redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian","redhat:enterprise_linux_server","redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:43:14.363260067+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2006-5170","score":0.0407,"percentile":0.90679,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}