CVE-2012-2944
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.5
Description
Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.6.4-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.6.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.6.4-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.6.4-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.6.4-1 |
References
- http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636
- http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50389
- http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087
- http://www.osvdb.org/82409
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2944
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.