CVE-2008-5982 Information

Description

Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3.7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid version number to TCP port 3181 which are not properly handled when writing a log message.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/33049 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499013/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32692 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021361 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3379 http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-082/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47175