CVE-2008-5660 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-5660 at MITRE

Description

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.8
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 457895 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2009:001, published Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 18:35:20 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:32 2025