CVE-2001-1562

NameCVE-2001-1562
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in nvi before 1.79 allows local users to gain privileges via format string specifiers in a filename.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
nvi (PTS)bullseye1.81.6-16fixed
bookworm1.81.6-17fixed
sid, trixie1.81.6-23fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nvisource(unstable)1.79-16a.1

Notes

was DSA 085

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