CVE-2005-1855 — backup-manager - insecure permissions and tempfile

Description

Backup Manager (backup-manager) before 0.5.8 creates backup files with world-readable default permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

How to fix CVE-2005-1855

To remediate CVE-2005-1855, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

Debian/backup-manager—upgrade to 0.5.8-2 or later

Is CVE-2005-1855 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

from 0, < 0.5.8-2

References (1)

ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1855