CVE-2003-0098

Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txtBroken Link
• http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txtBroken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.phpBroken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txtBroken Link
• http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
• http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txtBroken Link
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900Broken Link
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.phpBroken Link
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018Third Party Advisory
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.htmlBroken Link
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Published

Mar 3, 2003

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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