CVE-2004-0579

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in super before 3.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.

Format string vulnerability in super before 3.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 20 years ago

2004-08-06 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 3.0

3.0

References

DSA-522

Patch, Vendor Advisory

super-format-string(16458)

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