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CVE-2003-0098 Details

Description

Unknown vulnerability in apcupsd before 3.8.6, and 3.10.x before 3.10.5, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges, possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt	CVE	Broken Link
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6	CVE	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt	CVE	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/apcupsd/apcupsd/src/apcnisd.c.diff?r1=1.5&r2=1.6	[email protected]	Broken LinkVendor Advisory
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=137900	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
apcupsd apcupsd	< 3.8.6 >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:apcupsd:apcupsd:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	2.2 3.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 26, 2018	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]