PT-2004-1715 · Gnu · Gnu Gnats

Khan Shirani · Published 2004-06-30 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-0623

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU GNATS version 4.00

Description A format string issue in the misc.c file of GNU GNATS may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a string that gets logged by syslog.

Recommendations For GNU GNATS version 4.00, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0623

DSA-590-1

Affected Products

Gnu Gnats

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0623 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10609 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108820000823191&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16517 · Note