{"id":"CVE-2012-2944","details":"Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:16.641111Z","published":"2012-06-01T20:55:08Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10009-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49348"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50389"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2484"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:087"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&aid=313636"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://networkupstools.org/docs/user-manual.chunked/apis01.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://trac.networkupstools.org/projects/nut/changeset/3633"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.osvdb.org/82409"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53743"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75980"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15514634"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}