CVE-2005-3538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02373.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Ifax Solutions Subscribe	Hylafax Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ifax_solutions:hylafax:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3537	hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-01-06T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:17:23.335Z

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2005-3538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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