CVE-2005-1151

Publication date 25 May 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

qpopper 4.0.5 and earlier does not properly drop privileges before processing certain user-supplied files, which allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files as root.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
qpopper 7.04 feisty
Fixed 4.0.5-4sarge1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 4.0.5-4sarge1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 4.0.5-4sarge1