PT-2005-4068 · Nathan Neulinger · Cgiwrap

Published 2005-10-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-3254

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CGIwrap versions prior to 3.9

Description The issue arises from CGIwrap using an incorrect minimum value of 100 for a UID to determine whether it can perform a seteuid operation. This could allow attackers to execute code as other system UIDs that are greater than the minimum value, which should be 1000 on Debian systems.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.9, update to version 3.9 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3254

DTSA-6-1

Affected Products

Cgiwrap

References · 2

• http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-announce/2005-August/000003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3254 · Security Note