CVE-2005-1976

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1976
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionNovell NetMail 3.5.2a, 3.5.2b, and 3.5.2c, when running on Linux, sets the owner and group ID to 500 for certain files, which could allow users or groups with that ID to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by modifying those files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 a All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 b All All
Application Novell Netmail 3.5.2 c All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.novell.com Patch
Novell NetMail Patch Packaging Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Novell NetMail File Ownership Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/17456 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Novell NetMail for Linux Access Permissions May Let Local Users Modify the Binaries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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