FreeBSD : kpopup -- local root exploit and local denial of service (1613db79-8e52-11da-8426-000fea0a9611)

Mitre CVE reports : Format string vulnerability in main.cpp in kpopup 0.9.1-0.9.5pre2 allows local users to cause a denial of service segmentation fault and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments. misc.cpp in KPopup 0.9.1 trusts the PATH variable wh...

CVE-2003-1170

CVE-2003-1170 affects kpopup (versions 0.9.1 and 0.9.5pre2). A format string vulnerability in main.cpp can allow local users to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via command line arguments. Additional VuXML/OpenVAS/Nessus entries note that misc.cpp...

CVE-2003-1170

Format string vulnerability in main.cpp in kpopup 0.9.1 and 0.9.5pre2 allows local users to cause a denial of service segmentation fault and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in command line arguments...