Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110546971307585&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=hylafax&m=110545119911558&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13812
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-21.xmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-634
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:006
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110546971307585&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=hylafax&m=110545119911558&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/13812
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200501-21.xmlPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-634
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:006
Timeline
- Published
- Dec 31, 2004
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified