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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in HylaFax 4.2.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier does not create or verify ownership of the UNIX domain socket, which might allow local users to read faxes and cause a denial of service by creating the socket using the hyla.unix temporary file.
The bug was discovered 01/11/2005. The weakness was published 09/27/2005 by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena (Website). The advisory is shared at mandriva.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3070 since 09/27/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 259 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19985 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : hylafax (MDKSA-2005:177)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (19985). Similar entry is available at 26424.
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CPE 2.3
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Nessus ID: 19985
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : hylafax (MDKSA-2005:177)
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Sources
Advisory: mandriva.comResearcher: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2005-3070 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 9418 - HylaFax Symlink Attack via Unix Domain Sockets, Low
SecurityFocus: 15043 - HylaFAX Insecure UNIX Domain Socket Usage Vulnerability
Secunia: 17107 - Mandriva update for hylafax, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19799 - HylaFAX - Insecure UNIX Domain Socket Usage Issue
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Entry
Created: 03/11/2015 23:39Updated: 06/10/2019 12:35
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (69), 06/10/2019 12:35 (5)
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