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CVE-2005-3523 (GCVE-0-2005-3523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-11-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:17
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in friendsd2 in GpsDrive allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the dir (direction) field.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.digitalmunition.com/DMA%5B2005-1104a%5D.txt x_refsource_MISC
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http://www.osvdb.org/20531 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2307 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/17477 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://seclists.org/lists/fulldisclosure/2005/Nov… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15319 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2005-11-04 00:00
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