CVE-2004-2523

N/A Unknown

Published: December 31, 2004 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message argument.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://secunia.com/advisories/12174

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1010823

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

http://www.openftpd.org:9673/openftpd

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/8261

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10830

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Patch

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16843

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html