CVE-2013-7386

Description

Format string vulnerability in the PROJECT::write_account_file function in client/cs_account.cpp in BOINC, possibly 7.2.33, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the gui_urls item in an account file.

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3