Vulnerability in Hylafax

CVE-2004-1182

hfaxd in HylaFAX before 4.2.1, when installed with a "weak" hosts.hfaxd file, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted (1) username or (2) hostname that satisfies a regular expression that is matched against a hosts.hfaxd entry without a password.

EPSS: 0.018 (75.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Hylafax — versions 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

References