CVE-2004-1182
hylafax - weak hostname and username validation
EPSS 0.55%
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.
How to fix CVE-2004-1182
To remediate CVE-2004-1182, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/hylafax—upgrade to 1:4.2.1-1 or later
- Debian/hylafax—upgrade to 1:4.1.1-3.1 or later
Is CVE-2004-1182 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:4.2.1-1
- from 0, < 1:4.1.1-3.1