Detections
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CVE-2002-0175
critical
Description
libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not libsafe.
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4326
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-026.php
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8593.php
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0070.html