CVE-2003-0098

N/A Unknown

Published: March 03, 2003 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link Vendor Advisory

http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt