{"id":"CVE-2012-2944","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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","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.","publishedAt":"2012-06-01T20:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-06T19:50:04.942Z","severity":null,"assigner":"mitre","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"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"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:40:19.239Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2012/2xxx/CVE-2012-2944.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2012-2944","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2012-06-01T20:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T19:50:04.942Z","assignerShortName":"mitre","assignerOrgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca","dateReserved":"2012-05-29T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980","name":"networkupstools-addchar-bo(75980)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484","name":"DSA-2484","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN"]},{"url":"http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087","name":"MDVSA-2012:087","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50389","name":"50389","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634","name":"openSUSE-SU-2012:1069","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49348","name":"49348","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743","name":"53743","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/82409","name":"82409","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"mitre","dateUpdated":"2018-01-04T20:57:01.000Z","orgId":"8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca"},"datePublic":"2012-05-31T00:00:00.000Z","x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"cve@mitre.org","ID":"CVE-2012-2944","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"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."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"networkupstools-addchar-bo(75980)","refsource":"XF","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980"},{"name":"DSA-2484","refsource":"DEBIAN","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484"},{"name":"http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636"},{"name":"MDVSA-2012:087","refsource":"MANDRIVA","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087"},{"name":"50389","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50389"},{"name":"http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2012:1069","refsource":"SUSE","url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634"},{"name":"49348","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49348"},{"name":"http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html"},{"name":"53743","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743"},{"name":"82409","refsource":"OSVDB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/82409"}]}}},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980","name":"networkupstools-addchar-bo(75980)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484","name":"DSA-2484","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_DEBIAN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087","name":"MDVSA-2012:087","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50389","name":"50389","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634","name":"openSUSE-SU-2012:1069","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49348","name":"49348","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743","name":"53743","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/82409","name":"82409","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_OSVDB","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T19:50:04.942Z"}}]}}}