What is the severity of CVE-2005-4533?

CVE-2005-4533 is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to the potential for local users to execute arbitrary applications.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4533?

To fix CVE-2005-4533, update scponly to version 4.2 or higher, where the argument injection vulnerability has been addressed.

Who is affected by CVE-2005-4533?

CVE-2005-4533 affects local users of scponly versions 2.0 through 4.1 with both SCP and RSync compatibility enabled.

What does CVE-2005-4533 allow an attacker to do?

CVE-2005-4533 allows local users to manipulate command-line arguments and execute arbitrary applications.

Is CVE-2005-4533 applicable to all Scponly versions?

No, CVE-2005-4533 only affects specific versions of Scponly, namely versions 2.0 to 4.1.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2005-4533

high

7.5

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

28/12/2005

7/8/2024

CVE-2005-4533

First published: Wed Dec 28 2005(Updated: )

Argument injection vulnerability in scponlyc in scponly 4.1 and earlier, when both scp and rsync compatibility are enabled, allows local users to execute arbitrary applications via "getopt" style argument specifications, which are not filtered.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Scponly Scponly	=2.1
Scponly Scponly	=3.5
Scponly Scponly	=4.1
Scponly Scponly	=3.0
Scponly Scponly	=3.11
Scponly Scponly	=2.0
Scponly Scponly	=3.9
Scponly Scponly	=3.8

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http://secunia.com/advisories/18223

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4533?
CVE-2005-4533 is considered a high-severity vulnerability due to the potential for local users to execute arbitrary applications.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4533?
To fix CVE-2005-4533, update scponly to version 4.2 or higher, where the argument injection vulnerability has been addressed.
Who is affected by CVE-2005-4533?
CVE-2005-4533 affects local users of scponly versions 2.0 through 4.1 with both SCP and RSync compatibility enabled.
What does CVE-2005-4533 allow an attacker to do?
CVE-2005-4533 allows local users to manipulate command-line arguments and execute arbitrary applications.
Is CVE-2005-4533 applicable to all Scponly versions?
No, CVE-2005-4533 only affects specific versions of Scponly, namely versions 2.0 to 4.1.

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