CVE-2005-2807

Publication date 7 September 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Description

frox 0.7.18, when running setuid root, does not properly drop privileges when reading a configuration file, which allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via the -f command line option.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
frox	7.04 feisty	Not affected
	6.10 edgy	Not affected
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not affected

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https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2807

CVE-2005-2807

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