CVE-2005-0072 Affecting zhcon package, versions <1:0.2.3-8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-ZHCON-11775304
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed24 Jan 2005

Introduced: 24 Jan 2005

CVE-2005-0072  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 zhcon to version 1:0.2.3-8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream zhcon package and not the zhcon package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.

zhcon before 0.2 does not drop privileges before reading a user configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1