CVE-2006-5790

NameCVE-2006-5790
DescriptionMultiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function), and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config, (3) show_rss_feed, (4) show_elog_list, (5) show_logbook_node, and (6) server_loop functions.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1242-1
Debian Bugs392016

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
elog (PTS)jessie2.9.2+2014.05.11git44800a7-2+deb8u2fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch3.1.2-1-1+deb9u1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
elogsourcesarge2.5.7+r1558-4+sarge3DSA-1242-1
elogsource(unstable)2.6.2+r1754-1medium392016

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