CVE-2012-2944

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2944
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-01 20:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.

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: CWE-119 | 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 Networkupstools Nut 2.4.2 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.4.3 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.0 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.0 pre1 All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.0-1 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.1 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.1-1 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut 2.6.3-1 All All All
Application Networkupstools Nut All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisories | Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2484-1 nut af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
alioth.debian.org/tracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 alioth.debian.org Exploit
I.1. Changes from 2.6.3 to 2.6.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 networkupstools.org
Fix CVE-2012-2944: upsd can be remotely crashed · networkupstools/nut@2d6b472 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.networkupstools.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
www.osvdb.org/82409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Network UPS Tools (NUT) 'addchar()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA50389 - SUSE update for nut - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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