CVE-2005-3268

LOW 2.1CVE-2005-3268 · Published 20/10/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-3268 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting yiff server (raphael bossek).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.40%, higher than 34.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
yiff server raphael_bossek	`= 2.14.2.7`	No fix yet

Description

yiff server (yiff-server) 2.14.2 on Debian GNU/Linux runs as root and does not properly verify ownership of files that it opens, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/17242 · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/20074
securityfocus.com/bid/15140

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