Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2012-087 - Buffer overflow in the addchar function in common/parseconf.c in upsd in Network UPS Tools before 2.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (electric-power outage) via a long string containing non-printable characters. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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