CVE-2005-2995 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

bacula 1.36.3 and earlier allows local users to modify or read sensitive files via symlink attacks on (1) the temporary file used by autoconf/randpass when openssl is not available, or (2) the mtx.[PID] temporary file in mtx-changer.in.

Published: 2005-09-20

Score: 3.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bacula:bacula:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-2995	bacula 1.36.3 and earlier allows local users to modify or read sensitive files via symlink attacks on (1) the temporary file used by autoconf/randpass when openssl is not available, or (2) the mtx.[PID] temporary file in mtx-changer.in.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00392.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104986
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112721654126735&w=2
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/bacula-09192005.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Bacula Bacula

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-09-20T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:30.282Z

Reserved: 2005-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2995

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-20T22:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:16:03.200

Link: CVE-2005-2995

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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