CVE-2003-0098

Description

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.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.83% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory caldera.com Vendor Advisory sourceforge.net

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900	broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt	broken link
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php	vdb entry broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html	vendor advisory broken link
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6	broken link vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828	vdb entry third party advisory
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt	vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2003-0098?: CVE-2003-0098 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2003-0098?: To fix CVE-2003-0098, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2003-0098 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2003-0098 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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