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NetworkManager: format string bug in nm_info_handler

Package(s):

networkmanager

CVE #(s):

Created:

August 1, 2005

Updated:

August 3, 2005

Description:

Network Manager passes logging messages straight to syslog as the format string. This causes it to crash when connecting to access points that contain format string characters. This was reported initially by Ian Jackson.

Alerts:

Fedora

FEDORA-2005-680

2005-07-29

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