CVE-2002-0176 (GCVE-0-2002-0176)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:42
VLAI
Summary
The printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not properly handle argument indexing specifiers, which could allow attackers to exploit certain function calls through arguments that are not verified by libsafe.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8594.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263121 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4327 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MD… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Date Public
2002-03-20 00:00
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