Re: format string bug in nm_info_handler
- From: Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>
- To: Ian Jackson <ian davenant greenend org uk>
- Cc: Thomas Hood <jdthood aglu demon nl>, thom may ubuntu com, networkmanager-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: format string bug in nm_info_handler
- Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:02:56 -0400
Hi,
> syslog (syslog_priority, "%s", message);
I've commited this to CVS.
> I can't figure out whether this is exploitable. That would depend on
> what kinds of messages an attacker could get passed g_log.
Unfortunately, access point essids are passed to the logging functions
in quite a few places. So if a user tries to connect to an access
point with a bad essid, Network Manager may crash or worse.
--Ray Strode
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