PT-2005-3548 · Apache · Apachetop

Eric Romang · Published 2005-09-30 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-2660

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 apachetop versions 0.12.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to create or append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on atop.debug when running in debug mode.

Recommendations For versions 0.12.5 and earlier, consider disabling debug mode to prevent the symlink attack until a patch is available. Restrict access to the atop.debug file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2660

DSA-839-1

Affected Products

Apachetop

References · 9

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2660 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zataz.net/adviso/apachetop-09022005.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2660 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2660 · Security Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104473 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2660 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14982 · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/38 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014996 · Note