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CVE-2002-0851

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CVE-2002-0851

Published: Apr 2, 2003

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Format string vulnerability in ISDN Point to Point Protocol (PPP) daemon (ipppd) in the ISDN4Linux (i4l) package allows local users to gain root privileges via format strings in the device name command line argument, which is not properly handled in a call to syslog.

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References

20020809 Local Root Exploit
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