CVE - CVE-2005-4536

CVE-ID
CVE-2005-4536	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.
References
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BID:16434 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434 CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029 DEBIAN:DSA-960 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960 SECUNIA:18652 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18652 SECUNIA:18656 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/18656 VUPEN:ADV-2006-0378 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378~~ (Obsolete source) XF:perl-mail-audit-symlink(24380) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20051228	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20051228)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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