CVE-2004-2591 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2004-2591 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2004-2591 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2005.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2591 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2591/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2591/index.md)
Attackers can recover supposedly deleted data because CleanCache fails to properly overwrite files, leading to information disclosure.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Not stated
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-2591?
CVE-2004-2591 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Nov 2005.
Official description
The data-overwrite capability of ButtUglySoftware CleanCache 2.19 does not properly overwrite data in files, which allows attackers to recover the data.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2591?
How do I fix CVE-2004-2591?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2591 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2004-2591 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2591 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57w7-wq63-9jwj.