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CVE-2012-2944
Published: Jun 1, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Buffer 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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
networkupstools-addchar-bo(75980)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
DSA-2484
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636
x_refsource_CONFIRM
MDVSA-2012:087
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
50389
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
x_refsource_CONFIRM
openSUSE-SU-2012:1069
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
49348
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
53743
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
82409
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
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