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FKIE_CVE-2012-2944

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-01 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:42
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/49348Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/50389
cve@mitre.orghttp://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/82409
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
cve@mitre.orghttps://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/49348Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/50389
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/82409
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
networkupstools nut *
networkupstools nut 2.4.2
networkupstools nut 2.4.3
networkupstools nut 2.6.0
networkupstools nut 2.6.0
networkupstools nut 2.6.0-1
networkupstools nut 2.6.1
networkupstools nut 2.6.1-1
networkupstools nut 2.6.3-1
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