| Name | CVE-2005-1856 |
| Description | The CD-burning feature in backup-manager 0.5.8 and earlier uses a fixed filename in a world-writable directory for logging, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-787-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 315582 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| backup-manager (PTS) | jessie | 0.7.10.1-2 | fixed |
| stretch | 0.7.12-4 | fixed |
| buster | 0.7.14-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.7.14-1.2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.7.14-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
maybe a duplicate of CVE-2005-2212, author contacted