ubuntu · CVE-2007-6682

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Tracker summary

CVE-2007-6682 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (vlc), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 5, ignored 4.

Description:

Format string vulnerability in the httpd_FileCallBack function (network/httpd.c) in VideoLAN VLC 0.8.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Connection parameter.