CVE-2004-2264

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2264
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which privilege boundaries could be crossed

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Less 358 All All All
Application Gnu Less 381 All All All
Application Gnu Less 382 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

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IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/9014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0794.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0811.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - GNU less Format String Flaw May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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