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CVE-2001-0387 (GCVE-0-2001-0387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-18 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:21
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in hfaxd in HylaFAX before 4.1.b2_2 allows local users to gain privileges via the -q command line argument.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2574 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/175963 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/5679 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/20… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-security-anno… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MD… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Date Public
2001-04-12 00:00
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