PT-2005-2895 · Unknown · Xmysqladmin

Eric Romang · Published 2005-06-09 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-2005-1944

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xmysqladmin versions 1.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a database backup file in /tmp.

Recommendations For xmysqladmin versions 1.0 and earlier, consider restricting access to the database backup file in /tmp to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1944

Affected Products

Xmysqladmin

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1944 · Security Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93792 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15635 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833993822553&w=2 · Note
• http://zataz.net/adviso/xmysqladmin-05292005.txt · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014172 · Note