CVE-2012-2944
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-06-01 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-05-29
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bdd3adeefd0cfd99ad4f03228a6547a1c5d61aa879ec24d74aff718e55cc4c78
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnetworkupstools-addchar-bo(75980)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980
- www.debian.orgDSA-2484http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484
- alioth.debian.orghttp://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2012:087http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087
- secunia.com50389http://secunia.com/advisories/50389
- trac.networkupstools.orghttp://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1069https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634
- secunia.com49348http://secunia.com/advisories/49348
- networkupstools.orghttp://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html
- www.securityfocus.com53743http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743
- www.osvdb.org82409http://www.osvdb.org/82409
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nut Fixed in 2.6.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nut Fixed in 2.6.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nut Fixed in 2.6.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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