CVE-2004-0159 (GCVE-0-2004-0159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-09-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:10
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in hsftp 1.11 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via file names containing format string characters that are not properly handled when executing an "ls" command.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/4029 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9715 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-447 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2004-02-22 00:00
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