PT-2005-3143 · Debian · Debian

Alexander Mader · Published 2005-07-11 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2214

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: Debian GNU/Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information, such as passwords, due to insecure permissions of the apt.conf file installed by apt-setup.

Recommendations: For Debian GNU/Linux, consider changing the permissions of the apt.conf file to secure sensitive information until a proper fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2214

Affected Products

Debian

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2214 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=305142 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/apt-setup · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2214 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14173 · Note
• https://packages.debian.org/src:apt-setup · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15955 · Note