Upstream information
Description
Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools (NUT) before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters.NVD CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Novell/SUSE information
Novell Bugzilla entry: 764699 SUSE Security Advisories:- openSUSE-SU-2012:1069-1, published Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:08:59 +0200 (CEST)
