CVE-2012-2944

critical

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.

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743

http://www.osvdb.org/82409

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484

http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633

http://secunia.com/advisories/50389

http://secunia.com/advisories/49348

http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-01

Updated: 2018-01-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical