PT-2005-1707 · Xv · Xv

Tavis Ormandy · Published 2005-03-07 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-0665

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xv versions prior to 3.10a

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a filename. This is a result of a format string vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.10a, update to version 3.10a or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-0665

Affected Products

Xv

References · 3

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-09.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0665 · Security Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83686 · Note