CVE-2006-5790 - Snippier Shoe

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in elogd.c in ELOG 2.6.2 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) an entry with an attachment whose name contains format string specifiers (el_submit function) and possibly other vectors in the (2) receive_config (3) show_rss_feed (4) show_elog_list (5) show_logbook_node and (6) server_loop functions.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=392016 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20876 http://secunia.com/advisories/22638 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1242 http://secunia.com/advisories/23580 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4315 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29987