VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-0623
Format string vulnerability in misc.c in GNU GNATS 4.00 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that gets logged by syslog.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 4.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in misc.c in GNU GNATS 4.00 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that gets logged by syslog.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.49% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/gnats
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108820000823191&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10609Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16517
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108820000823191&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10609Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16517
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.