CVE-2004-2523 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the msg command (cat_message function in msg.c) in OpenFTPD 0.30.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the message argument.

Published: 2005-10-25

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 27.7% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.29.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:openftpd:openftpd_ftp_server:0.30.1:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.27686.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-07/0350.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-08/0017.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/12174
http://securitytracker.com/id?1010823
http://www.openftpd.org:9673/openftpd
http://www.osvdb.org/8261
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10830
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16843

History

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Subscriptions

Openftpd Openftpd Ftp Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-10-25T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:29:14.118Z

Reserved: 2005-10-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-2523

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:09:48.793

Link: CVE-2004-2523

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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