PT-2005-1053 · Debian · Htmlheadline

Published 2005-01-22 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1181

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions htmlheadline versions prior to 21.8 htmlheadline before 21.8

Description The issue concerns multiple vulnerabilities in the htmlheadline package of the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. These vulnerabilities can be exploited by a local attacker, potentially leading to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation can be carried out by a local malicious user.

Recommendations For htmlheadline versions prior to 21.8, update to version 21.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation via a symlink attack.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-04027

CVE-2004-1181

DSA-622-1

Affected Products

Htmlheadline

References · 9

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/12147 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2004-1181 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-622 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1181 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-04027 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18737 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-622 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1012756 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13715 · Note