CVE-2005-3538 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2006-01-06

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.4% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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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.

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.

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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Subscriptions

Ifax Solutions Hylafax

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-01-06T11:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2005-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3538

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:17:09.333

Link: CVE-2005-3538

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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