CVE-2012-2944

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

9.8

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

6.08

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Network UPS tools (USN-1456-1) nut-server_2.6.3-1ubuntu1.1_i386.deb	Linux
Network UPS tools (USN-1456-1) nut-server_2.6.3-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234