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CVE-2008-5660

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-12-31	vinagre -- format string vulnerability

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CVE-2008-5660 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-5660
Phase	Assigned(20081217)

Description

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	20081209 CORE-2008-1127 - Vinagre show_error() format string vulnerability
MILW0RM	7401
MISC	http://www.coresecurity.com/content/vinagre-format-string
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475070
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-10932
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-10941
MANDRIVA	MDVSA-2008:240
UBUNTU	USN-689-1
SECUNIA	33046
VUPEN	ADV-2008-3362
SECUNIA	33041
SECUNIA	33082