CVE-2005-4511 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Format string vulnerability in TN3270 Resource Gateway 1.1.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in syslog function calls.

Published: 2005-12-23

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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:curtis_hawthorne:tn3270_resource_gateway:1.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:curtis_hawthorne:tn3270_resource_gateway:1.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:curtis_hawthorne:tn3270_resource_gateway:1.1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-4506	Format string vulnerability in TN3270 Resource Gateway 1.1.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in syslog function calls.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00078.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18185
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=379592
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/3057
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23883

History

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Subscriptions

Curtis Hawthorne Tn3270 Resource Gateway

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-12-23T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:46:05.539Z

Reserved: 2005-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4511

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-23T01:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4511

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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