CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0179

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Jun 01, 2004 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (1) neon 0.24.4 and earlier, and other products that use neon including (2) Cadaver, (3) Subversion, and (4) OpenOffice, allow remote malicious WebDAV servers to execute arbitrary code.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Neon Webdav 0.19.0 (including) 0.24.5 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 RedHat openoffice.org-0:1.1.0-15.EL *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 9 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 9 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux 9 RedHat *
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 RedHat *
Bazaar Ubuntu dapper *
Bazaar Ubuntu devel *
Bazaar Ubuntu edgy *
Bazaar Ubuntu feisty *
Neon Ubuntu dapper *
Neon Ubuntu devel *
Neon Ubuntu edgy *
Neon Ubuntu feisty *
Neon24 Ubuntu dapper *
Neon24 Ubuntu edgy *
Neon26 Ubuntu devel *
Neon26 Ubuntu feisty *
Openoffice.org Ubuntu dapper *
Openoffice.org Ubuntu edgy *
Openoffice.org Ubuntu feisty *
Openoffice.org-l10n Ubuntu dapper *
Openoffice.org-l10n Ubuntu devel *
Openoffice.org-l10n Ubuntu edgy *
Openoffice.org-l10n Ubuntu feisty *
Tla Ubuntu dapper *
Tla Ubuntu devel *
Tla Ubuntu edgy *
Tla Ubuntu feisty *

Potential Mitigations

References