cve-2008-5982
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2009-01-27 22:00
Modified
2024-08-07 11:13
Severity ?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3.7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid version number to TCP port 3181, which are not properly handled when writing a log message.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/33049Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499013/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32692
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021361
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3379
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-082/
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47175
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/33049Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499013/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32692
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021361
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3379
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-082/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47175
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