What is the severity of CVE-2004-2264?

CVE-2004-2264 poses a medium severity risk, primarily due to its potential for denial of service and execution of arbitrary code.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2264?

To fix CVE-2004-2264, upgrade to a version of GNU less that is not affected by this vulnerability.

Who is affected by CVE-2004-2264?

CVE-2004-2264 affects local users of GNU less versions 358, 381, and 382.

What is the impact of CVE-2004-2264?

The impact of CVE-2004-2264 includes potential denial of service and execution of arbitrary code via malicious format strings.

Is CVE-2004-2264 a remote or local vulnerability?

CVE-2004-2264 is a local vulnerability, as it requires local user access to exploit.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2004-2264

medium

6.4

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

31/12/2004

19/7/2005

8/8/2024

CVE-2004-2264

First published: Fri Dec 31 2004(Updated: )

** DISPUTED ** 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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU less	=381
GNU less	=382
GNU less	=358
	=358
	=381
	=382

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What is the severity of CVE-2004-2264?
CVE-2004-2264 poses a medium severity risk, primarily due to its potential for denial of service and execution of arbitrary code.
How do I fix CVE-2004-2264?
To fix CVE-2004-2264, upgrade to a version of GNU less that is not affected by this vulnerability.
Who is affected by CVE-2004-2264?
CVE-2004-2264 affects local users of GNU less versions 358, 381, and 382.
What is the impact of CVE-2004-2264?
The impact of CVE-2004-2264 includes potential denial of service and execution of arbitrary code via malicious format strings.
Is CVE-2004-2264 a remote or local vulnerability?
CVE-2004-2264 is a local vulnerability, as it requires local user access to exploit.

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