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title: CVE-2005-2377
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2377
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# CVE-2005-2377

Publication date 26 July 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

nss\_ldap 181 to versions before 213, as used in Mandrake Corporate Server
and Mandrake 10.0, and other operating systems, does not properly handle a
SIGPIPE signal when sending a search request to an LDAP directory server,
which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crond and
other application crash) if they can cause an LDAP server to become
unavailable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this attack scenario is
sufficient to include this item in CVE.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libnss-ldap | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2377)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2377)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2377)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2377)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2377>