CVE-2005-2995 — Link Following in Bacula

CWE-59 — Link Following10 documents6 sources
Severity
6.9MEDIUMNVD
NVD3.6OSV3.6
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.70%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
BaculaDebian Bacula
Timeline
PublishedSep 20
Latest updateMay 14

Description

bacula 1.36.3 and earlier allows local users to modify or read sensitive files via symlink attacks on (1) the temporary file used by autoconf/randpass when openssl is not available, or (2) the mtx.[PID] temporary file in mtx-changer.in.

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:P/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/bacula< bacula 2.4.0-1 (bookworm)+1
▶Debianbacula/bacula< 1.38.9-1+7
▶NVDbacula/bacula1.36.3+1

Patches

Patch: bugs.gentoo.org ↗Patch: www.zataz.net ↗Patch: bugs.gentoo.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-xgpj-r9f2-8ghw: mtx-changer↗2022-05-14
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GHSA
GHSA-8gwv-jfxv-7hwm: bacula 1↗2022-05-01
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OSV
CVE-2008-5373: mtx-changer↗2008-12-08
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OSV
CVE-2005-2995: bacula 1↗2005-09-20
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)↗2008-08-11
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Debian
CVE-2008-5373: bacula - mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrit...↗2008
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Debian
CVE-2005-2995: bacula - bacula 1.36.3 and earlier allows local users to modify or read sensitive files v...↗2005
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5373 bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)↗2008-12-09
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