Vulnerability CVE-2012-2944
Published: 2012-06-01   Modified: 2012-06-02

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Networkupstools -> NUT 

 References:
http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636
http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
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