Description
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.
Published: 2006-02-01
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-960-1 New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-960-2 New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-960-3 New libmail-audit-perl packages fix insecure temporary file use
EUVD 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.
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Debian Libmail-audit-perl
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

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

Reserved: 2005-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4536

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Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4536

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