Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | New hylafax packages fix remote root exploit |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-401 | First vendor Publication | 2003-11-17 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2003-11-17 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 10 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| The SuSE Security Team discovered several exploitable formats string vulnerabilities in hylafax, a flexible client/server fax system, which could lead to executing arbitrary code as root on the fax server. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.1-1.3. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.8-1. We recommend that you upgrade your hylafax packages. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-401 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200311-03 (HylaFAX) File : nvt/glsa_200311_03.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 401-1 (hylafax) File : nvt/deb_401_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 2794 | HylaFAX hfaxd Format String A format string bug in HylaFAX versions 4.1 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain root access when user input is supplied to the hfaxd binary and syslog() is called. By default, the hfaxd binary is installed setuid root with 'Everyone' access, which allows the attacker to gain root access to the system. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2004-09-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-401.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-31 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2003-105.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-07-25 | Name : The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch File : suse_SA_2003_045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 11:32:57 |
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