CVE-2004-1182 in HylaFAX

Summary

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.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 12/13/2004
• Disclosure: 12/31/2004
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-22663
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-284 (Unconfirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.00552
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-1182
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1182
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2004-1182/