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pads — security advisory
Stack-based buffer overflow in pads.c in Passive Asset Detection System (Pads) might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long report file name argument. NOTE: since Pads is not normally installed setuid, this may not be a vulnerability.
- Products
- pads
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.1.1
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-2269
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:23 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Stack-based buffer overflow in pads.c in Passive Asset Detection System (Pads) might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long report file name argument. NOTE: since Pads is not normally installed setuid, this may not be a vulnerability.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2269
pads
Fixed versions: 1.1.1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-21T15:47:25.787828721Z",
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