PT-2005-3940 · Backupninja · Backupninja

Moritz Muehlenhoff · Published 2005-09-30 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-3111

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 backupninja versions 0.8 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack due to the handler code creating temporary files with predictable filenames.

Recommendations For backupninja versions 0.8 and earlier, consider restricting access to the temporary file creation process until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the vulnerable handler code in backupninja 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-2005-3111

DSA-827-1

Affected Products

Backupninja

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16995 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3111 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3111 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3111 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-827 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14978 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22461 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17018 · Note