CVE-2005-1760

HIGH 7.5CVE-2005-1760 · Published 13/06/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1760 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting sysreport (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 80.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
sysreport redhat	`= 1.1= 1.2= 1.3`	No fix yet

Description

sysreport 1.3.15 and earlier includes contents of the up2date file in a report, which leaks the password for a proxy server in plaintext and allows local users to gain privileges.

References

secunia.com/advisories/15675
securitytracker.com/id
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-502.html · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/13936
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A623
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9522

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