CVE-2003-0098

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-03-03 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2018-09-26 15:59:00 UTC
DescriptionUnknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apcupsd Apcupsd All All All All
Application Apcupsd Apcupsd All All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SourceForge.net: File Release Notes and Changelog CONFIRM sourceforge.net Broken Link
CSSA-2003-015.0 CALDERA ftp.caldera.com Broken Link
NOVELL: Broken Link - 404 Error Pages SUSE www.novell.com Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt MISC hsj.shadowpenguin.org Broken Link
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Apcupsd Format String Flaw May Let Remote Users Gain Root Access SECTRACK securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-277-1 apcupsd DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
APC apcupsd Client Syslog Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff CONFIRM cvs.sourceforge.net Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
ISS X-Force Database:apcupsd-logevent-format-string(11334): Apcupsd log_event() format string attack XF www.iss.net Broken Link
APC apcupsd Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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