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Unscored CVE-2004-2264 EUVD-2004-2256GHSA-2wff-r89p-gqg6

Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of se…

Published Jul 19, 2005 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Format string bug in the open_altfile function in filename.c for GNU less 382, 381, and 358 might allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via format strings in the LESSOPEN environment variable. NOTE: since less is not setuid or setgid, then this is not a vulnerability unless there are plausible scenarios under which privilege boundaries could be crossed

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