PT-2005-2732 · Red Hat · Sysreport+1

Published 2005-06-13 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-1760

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions sysreport versions 1.3.15 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to gain privileges by leaking the password for a proxy server in plaintext, as the password is included in the contents of the up2date file in a report.

Recommendations For sysreport versions 1.3.15 and earlier, consider restricting access to the report generated by sysreport to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1760

RHSA-2005:502

RHSA-2005_502

Affected Products

Red Hat

Sysreport

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1760 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014181 · Note
• https://redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2005-1760.html · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A623 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9522 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15675 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13936 · Note