CVE-2005-4536

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2005-12-31

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Libmail-audit-perl (Debian)

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18652
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18656
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380