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Vulnerability Database › CVE-2005-3538

Unknown

CVE-2005-3538

hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

PublishedDec 31, 2005, 05:00

Published Bysecurity@debian.org

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719
http://secunia.com/advisories/18314
http://secunia.com/advisories/18337
http://secunia.com/advisories/18489
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml
http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php
http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

7.5

Vector String

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Base SeverityUnknown

Version

2.0

Attack Vector (AV)