CVE-2004-0623

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Format string vulnerability in misc.c in GNU GNATS 4.00 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that gets logged by syslog.

Format string vulnerability in misc.c in GNU GNATS 4.00 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that gets logged by syslog.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

GNU GNATS

First reported 20 years ago

2004-12-06 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-11 01:30:00

Affected Software

GNU GNATS 3.2

3.2

GNU GNATS 3.113

3.113

GNU GNATS 3.113.1

3.113.1

GNU GNATS 4.0

4.0

References

20040625 format string vulnerability in Gnats

10609

Patch, Vendor Advisory

gnats-format-string(16517)

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