CVE-2005-1976 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Novell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow users or groups with that ID to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by modifying those files.

Published: 2006-06-05

Score: 1.7 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:a::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:b::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:novell:netmail:3.5.2:c::::::

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1978	Novell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow users or groups with that ID to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by modifying those files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00071.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/15763
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014251
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098022.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/17456
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14005

History

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Subscriptions

Novell Netmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-05T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T19:50:43.890Z

Reserved: 2005-06-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1976

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1976

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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