CVE-2003-0098 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.06825.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apcupsd	Apcupsd
Debian	Debian Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apcupsd:apcupsd::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apcupsd:apcupsd::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:::::::*

No data.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0094	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-02-26T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:35.405Z

Reserved: 2003-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2003-0098

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2003-03-03T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2003-0098

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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