CVE-2004-0536 (GCVE-0-2004-0536)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2004-06-08 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 00:24
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Tripwire commercial 4.0.1 and earlier, including 2.4, and open source 2.3.1 and earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a file name, which is used in the generation of an email report.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108630983009228&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-244.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108627481507249&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10454 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2004-06-03 00:00
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