CVE-2005-1379

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2005-1379 · Published 03/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1379 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting mandrake lam-runtime (mandrakesoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 30.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mandrake lam-runtime mandrakesoft	`= 7.0.6.2mdk`	No fix yet

Description

The LAM runtime environment package (lam-runtime-7.0.6-2mdk) on Mandrake Linux installs the mpi user without a password, which allows local users to gain privileges.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/13431 · Vendor Advisory

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