CVE-2005-0624

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-02-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

reportbug before 2.62 creates the .reportbugrc configuration file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain email smarthost passwords.

Affected products

Debian Reportbug: 2.60, 2.61

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295407
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972153627388&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14422/
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6600
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19504
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295407
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972153627388&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14422/
https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6600
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19504

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