Vulnerability CVE-2008-5660
Published: 2008-12-17   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

Type:

CWE-134

 (Uncontrolled Format String)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Vinagre 

 References:
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:240
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499057/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-689-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3362
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7401
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00473.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00485.html
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