VDB-25741 · CVE-2005-2214 · BID 14173

Debian apt-setup information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Debian apt-setup. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2214. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Debian apt-setup (affected version not known). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

apt-setup in Debian GNU/Linux installs the apt.conf file with insecure permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as passwords.

The weakness was released 07/11/2005 by Alexander (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2214 since 07/12/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 14173†) and Secunia (SA15955†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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07/06/2005 🔍
07/07/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/11/2005 +4 days 🔍
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07/12/2005 +1 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3529 days 🔍
07/24/2017 +866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Alexander
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2214 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2214
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25741
SecurityFocus: 14173 - Apt-setup Insecure Install Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 15955 - Debian "apt-setup" Insecure File Permission Security Issue, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/24/2017 12:44
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (45), 07/24/2017 12:44 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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