CVE-2004-2264 Information

Description

LICENSE README.md cvefilelist cvelist nvdcve nvdpages.sh scripts test-CVE-2017-1882.markdown test-CVE-2017-18822.markdown tmpvendorlinks DISPUTED LICENSE README.md cvefilelist cvelist nvdcve nvdpages.sh scripts test-CVE-2017-1882.markdown test-CVE-2017-18822.markdown tmpvendorlinks 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.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0794.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2004-08/0811.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1010988 http://www.osvdb.org/9014 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17032