PT-2005-3950 · Acme · Thttpd

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2005-11-06 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2005-3124

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 Acme thttpd versions prior to 2.23

Description The issue allows local users to write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. This is related to the syslogtocern functionality in Acme thttpd.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.23, update to version 2.23 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the syslogtocern functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3124

DSA-883-1

Affected Products

Thttpd

References · 7

• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3124 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17472 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2308 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3124 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17454 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15320 · Note