Vulnerability CVE-2004-2264


Published: 2004-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
** DISPUTED ** Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which privilege boundaries could be crossed.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.4/10
4.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> LESS 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/17032
http://www.osvdb.org/9014
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010988
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0811.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0794.html

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