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tripwire format string vulnerability

Package(s):tripwire CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0536
Created:June 4, 2004 Updated:July 7, 2004
Description: The code that generates email reports contains a format string vulnerability in pipedmailmessage.cpp. With a carefully crafted filename on a local filesystem an attacker could cause execution of arbitrary code with permissions of the user running tripwire, which could be the root user. See this advisory on SecurityFocus for more details.
Alerts:
Mandrake MDKSA-2004:057-1 2004-07-06
Red Hat RHSA-2004:244-01 2004-06-14
Mandrake MDKSA-2004:057 2004-06-07
Gentoo 200406-02 2004-06-04
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