CVE-2004-0451: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in the (1) logquit, (2) logerr, or (3) loginfo functions in Software Upgrade Protocol (SUP) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in messages that are logged by syslog.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only
• Sup Sup: version 1.8 only

Published 2004-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.