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GLSA-200601-03 : HylaFAX: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 20413

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200601-03 (HylaFAX: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Patrice Fournier discovered that HylaFAX runs the notify script on untrusted user input. Furthermore, users can log in without a password when HylaFAX is installed with the pam USE-flag disabled.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit the input validation vulnerability to run arbitrary code as the user running HylaFAX, which is usually uucp.
 The password vulnerability could be exploited to log in without proper user credentials.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All HylaFAX users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/hylafax-4.2.3-r1'

See Also

https://legacy.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200601-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20413

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200601-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:hylafax, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3538, CVE-2005-3539

GLSA: 200601-03