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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484 ↗
- http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50389 ↗
- http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633 ↗
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49348 ↗
- http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/82409 ↗