CVE-2005-2851
smb4k - access validation error
EPSS 0.08%
Description
smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoers temporary files.
How to fix CVE-2005-2851
To remediate CVE-2005-2851, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/smb4k—upgrade to 0.6.4-1 or later
- Debian/smb4k—upgrade to 0.6.4-0.0etch1 or later
Is CVE-2005-2851 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.6.4-1
- from 0, < 0.6.4-0.0etch1