CVE-2012-2944
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.24% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- networkupstools/nut
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636Exploit
- http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49348Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50389
- 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.osvdb.org/82409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
- http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636Exploit
- http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49348Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50389
- 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.osvdb.org/82409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.