Untrusted search path vulnerability in OpenLDAP before 2.2.28-r3 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH
Published Dec 21, 2005
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in OpenLDAP before 2.2.28-r3 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.2.28_r2
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.0.12
- 2.0.13
- 2.0.14
- 2.0.15
- 2.0.16
- 2.0.17
- 2.0.18
- 2.0.19
- 2.0.20
- 2.0.21
- 2.0.22
- 2.0.23
- 2.0.24
- 2.0.25
- 2.0.26
- 2.0.27
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.1.4
- 2.1.5
- 2.1.6
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.1.12
- 2.1.13
- 2.1.14
- 2.1.15
- 2.1.16
- 2.1.17
- 2.1.18
- 2.1.19
- 2.1.20
- 2.1.21
- 2.1.22
- 2.1.23
- 2.1.24
- 2.1.25
- 2.1.26
- 2.1.27
- 2.1.28
- 2.1.29
- 2.1.30
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.10
- 2.2.11
- 2.2.12
- 2.2.13
- 2.2.14
- 2.2.15
- 2.2.16
- 2.2.17
- 2.2.18
- 2.2.19
- 2.2.20
- 2.2.21
- 2.2.22
- 2.2.23
- 2.2.24
- 2.2.25
- 2.2.26
- 2.2.27
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of OpenLDAP as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 37.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00463) | 36.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00029) | 5.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 29, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18040/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4442 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4442
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4442
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18040/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4442 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4442 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4442 |
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