CVE-2005-1854

Unknown vulnerability in apt-cacher in Debian 3.1, related to "missing input sanitising," allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the caching server.

Published: 2005-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1854 is rated Moderate Risk (58.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.13%). EPSS rose +1.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1854

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.01% 2.13% +1.11%
2 2025-03-17 0.59% 1.01% +0.42%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.59% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1854

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1854

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1854

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2005-1854 high priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apt-cacher), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1854
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1854 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apt-cacher), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1854

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1854

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian apt-cacher 0.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:debian:apt-cacher:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian apt-cacher 0.9.9 cpe:2.3:a:debian:apt-cacher:0.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1854

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