CVE-2003-0098
N/A
Published: February 26, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxApcupsd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CALDERABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txtx_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txtVDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277VDB Entryx_refsource_XFBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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