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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.80014
Category:Gain a shell remotely
Title:apcupsd < 3.8.6 / 3.10.x < 3.10.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Summary:apcupsd is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
apcupsd is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
The following vulnerabilities exist:

- CVE-2001-0040: APC UPS daemon, apcupsd, saves its process ID in a world-writable file.

- CVE-2003-0098: Unknown vulnerability possibly via format strings in a request to a slave server.

- CVE-2003-0099: Multiple buffer overflows related to usage of the vsprintf function.

Vulnerability Impact:
- CVE-2001-0040: allows local users to kill an arbitrary process
by specifying the target process ID in the apcupsd.pid file.

- CVE-2003-0098: allows remote attackers to gain root privileges.

- CVE-2003-0099: may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Affected Software/OS:
apcupsd versions prior to 3.8.6, and 3.10.x prior to 3.10.5.

Solution:
Update to version 3.8.6, 3.10.5 or later.

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-0040
BugTraq ID: 2070
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2070
Bugtraq: 20001206 apcupsd 3.7.2 Denial of Service (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0066.html
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-077.php3
XForce ISS Database: apc-apcupsd-dos(5654)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5654
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0098
BugTraq ID: 6828
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6828
BugTraq ID: 7200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7200
Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2003-015.0
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
Debian Security Information: DSA-277 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-277
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:018
http://hsj.shadowpenguin.org/misc/apcupsd_exp.txt
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006108
SuSE Security Announcement: SuSE-SA:2003:022 (Google Search)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11334.php
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2003-0099
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11491.php
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2003 Renaud Deraison

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