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CVE-2003-0098

Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

Published

2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apcupsd	apcupsd	< 3.8.6	Yes
Application	apcupsd	apcupsd	< 3.10.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	2.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.0	Yes

References

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt Broken Link ([email protected])
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt Broken Link ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)