PT-2005-2819 · Backup Manager · Backup Manager

Sven Joachim · Published 2005-08-29 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-1856

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions backup-manager versions 0.5.8 and earlier

Description The issue concerns the CD-burning feature in backup-manager, which uses a fixed filename in a world-writable directory for logging. This allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations For backup-manager versions 0.5.8 and earlier, consider restricting write access to the logging directory to prevent file overwrites until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the CD-burning feature in backup-manager until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1856

DSA-787-1

Affected Products

Backup Manager

References · 5

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1856 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1856 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-787 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1856 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1856 · Vendor Advisory