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Status published
High
CVE-2005-3538
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts...
Vulnerability Description
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18314
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18337
- http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml
- http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18489
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded
- http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150
Affected Vendor
ifax solutions
View all reports →Affected Software
hylafax
Vulnerable Versions:
4.2.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 6th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.