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CVE-2004-2523

Published: Dec 31, 2004 | Modified: Apr 16, 2026
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2523
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Openftpd_ftp_serverOpenftpd*0.30.2 (including)
Openftpd_ftp_serverOpenftpd0.29.4 (including)0.29.4 (including)
Openftpd_ftp_serverOpenftpd0.30 (including)0.30 (including)
Openftpd_ftp_serverOpenftpd0.30.1 (including)0.30.1 (including)

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