CVE-2004-1182
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.78% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hylafax/hylafax
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.