CVE-2005-4536 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00072.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Libmail-audit-perl

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:debian:libmail-audit-perl:2.1-5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-960-1	New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
Debian DSA	DSA-960-2	New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
Debian DSA	DSA-960-3	New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4531	Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
http://secunia.com/advisories/18652
http://secunia.com/advisories/18656
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-02-01T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.566Z

Reserved: 2005-12-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4536

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

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

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

Link: CVE-2005-4536

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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