PT-2005-1670 · Debian · Reportbug

Rolf Leggewie · Published 2005-02-28 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-0624

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions reportbug versions prior to 2.62

Description The issue allows local users to obtain email smarthost passwords due to the .reportbugrc configuration file being created with world-readable permissions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.62, update to version 2.62 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider changing the permissions of the .reportbugrc configuration file to restrict access.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0624

Affected Products

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References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-0624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6600 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0624 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14422 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295407 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0624 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19504 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972153627388&w=2 · Note