CVE-2004-1182

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    CVE-2004-1182

    Published: 31 Dec 2004Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: hfaxd in HylaFAX before 4.2.1, when installed with a "weak" hosts.hfaxd file, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) username or (2) hostname that satisfies a regular expression that is matched against a hosts.hfaxd entry without a password.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/13812, http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-634, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:006, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-21.xml, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110546971307585&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=hylafax&m=110545119911558&w=2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High