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SuSE HylaFAX hfaxd Format String Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA10185
Release Date: 2003-11-11
Last Update: 2003-11-12
Popularity: 10,024 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:SuSE Linux 7.x
SuSE Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux 9.0
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.x
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 7
SuSE Linux Office Server
SuSE Linux Standard Server 8

Software:HylaFAX 4.x

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Description:
SuSE has reported a vulnerability in HylaFAX, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in hfaxd, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Successful exploitation requires that hylafax is running in a non-standard configuration with the 0x002 bit for the "ServerTracing" configuration parameter.

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