CVE-2005-3538

critical

Description

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

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015

http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release

http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/18489

http://secunia.com/advisories/18337

http://secunia.com/advisories/18314

http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical