CVE-2002-0412

Summary

CVECVE-2002-0412
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2002-08-12 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in TraceEvent function for ntop before 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing format strings to be injected into calls to the syslog function, via (1) an HTTP GET request, (2) a user name in HTTP authentication, or (3) a password in HTTP authentication.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Luca Deri Ntop 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ntop Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - VulnWatch - [VulnWatch] [H20020304]: Remotely exploitable format string vulnerability in ntop - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database: ntop-traceevent-format-string (8347): Ntop traceEvent() function format string af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/5307 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
'ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT ALERT' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
[Ntop-dev] ntop - format string bug in traceEvent af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 listmanager.unipi.it
The NTOP community page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 snapshot.ntop.org
're: gobbles ntop alert' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'segfault in ntop' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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