CVE-2005-2730
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe HTTP proxy in Astaro Security Linux 6.0 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid request, which reveals a Proxy-authorization string in an error message.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe HTTP proxy in Astaro Security Linux 6.0 improperly includes Proxy-authorization credentials in error messages when processing invalid requests. This allows remote attackers to capture sensitive authentication credentials by triggering error conditions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 6.001CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Astaro Security Linux installationRun 'cat /etc/os-release' or check system identification files to verify the operating system is Astaro Security Linux.Affected if The system is running Astaro Security Linux
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Verify the exact versionCheck the version file typically found in /etc/asl/version or use 'rpm -q' if the RPM package system is available. The affected version is 6.001.Affected if The installed version is 6.001 (or 6.0 base)
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Confirm HTTP proxy is enabledAccess the Astaro web admin interface or check proxy configuration files in the Astaro config directory to verify the HTTP proxy service is active.Affected if HTTP proxy feature is enabled and running
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Check for proxy authenticationReview proxy settings to determine if Proxy-authorization (basic, digest, or other auth scheme) is configured for outbound proxy users.Affected if Proxy-authorization credentials are configured for the HTTP proxy
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Test error response for credential exposureSend a malformed or invalid HTTP request through the proxy and capture the error response. Inspect the error message body for any appearance of Proxy-authorization headers or cleartext credentials.Affected if Error responses contain exposed Proxy-authorization credentials
A system is affected if it is Astaro Security Linux 6.001 with the HTTP proxy enabled and configured with proxy authentication, where invalid requests trigger error responses that leak credentials.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataConfigure the proxy to sanitize error responses and avoid exposing authorization headers, or upgrade to a patched version if available.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2005-2730 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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