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Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 9, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Format string vulnerability in BMC PATROL Agent before 3.7.30 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an invalid version number to TCP port 3181, which are not properly handled when writing a log message.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 27, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Apr 9, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

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(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-5982

GHSA ID

GHSA-r3mj-758w-78mm

Source code

No known source code

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