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tcpflow Device Format String Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA9475
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Release Date:
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2003-08-11
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Popularity:
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5,713 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | tcpflow 0.x
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Secunia CVSS-2 Score:
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Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in tcpflow, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to escalate their privileges on a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the handling of device names. This can be exploited by specifying a specially crafted argument containing format specifiers to the "-i" command line option.
Successful exploitation requires that tcpflow or a program calling it has higher privileges. By default, tcpflow runs with the user's privileges. However, some suid "root" network management tools are known to use tcpflow.
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