pam_ldap with SSL has a memory leak on RHEL5 and RHEL6 GA
Issue
When accessing an ldap server via pam going through openssl, a memory leak occurs that quickly exhausts heap memory.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
- nss_ldap-253-25.el5 (and earlier versions)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 GA
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Using legacy nss_ldap functionality instead of sssd
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pam_ldap-185-5 and nss-pam-ldapd-0.7..5-3
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