CVE-2005-2995

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    CVE-2005-2995

    Published: 20 Sept 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104986, http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112721654126735&w=2, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html, http://www.zataz.net/adviso/bacula-09192005.txt, http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112721654126735&w=2, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104986, http://www.zataz.net/adviso/bacula-09192005.txt

    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
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