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CVE-2004-2264

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CVE-2004-2264

Published: Jul 19, 2005

Modified: Aug 8, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Format 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

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References

9014
vdb-entry
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1010988
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less-filename-format-string(17032)
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20040818 gnu-less Format String Vulnerability
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