CVE-2005-4536 (GCVE-0-2005-4536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-01 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:46
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18652 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/18656 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2006-01-31 00:00
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