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bidwatcher -- format string vulnerability

Affected packages
		bidwatcher	<	1.3.17

Details

VuXML ID	74c86a29-81ef-11d9-a9e7-0001020eed82
Discovery	2005-02-18
Entry	2005-02-18

A Debian Security Advisory reports:

Ulf Härnhammer from the Debian Security Audit Project discovered a format string vulnerability in bidwatcher, a tool for watching and bidding on eBay auctions. This problem can be triggered remotely by a web server of eBay, or someone pretending to be eBay, sending certain data back.

[source]

References

Bugtraq ID	12590
CVE Name	CVE-2005-0158
URL	http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-687