CVE-2004-2523

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-2523
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 vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message argument.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openftpd Openftpd Ftp Server 0.29.4 All All All
Application Openftpd Openftpd Ftp Server 0.30 All All All
Application Openftpd Openftpd Ftp Server 0.30.1 All All All
Application Openftpd Openftpd Ftp Server All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - OpenFTPD "SITE MSG" FTP Command Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.osvdb.org/8261 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - OpenFTPD Format String Flaw Lets Remote Authenticated Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch
OpenFTPD: Welcome af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openftpd.org
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenFTPD Remote Message Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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