CVE-2004-2523 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27686.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.29.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30.1:::::::*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Openftpd Subscribe	Openftpd Ftp Server Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12174
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010823
http://www.openftpd.org:9673/openftpd
http://www.osvdb.org/8261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10830
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16843

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:14.118Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2523

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2004-2523

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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