source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36884/info OpenBSD and NetBSD are prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability because they fail to properly parse format strings to the 'printf(1)' function. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause applications using the vulnerable call to crash with a segmentation fault, denying service to legitimate users. The following are reported vulnerable: OpenBSD 4.6 NetBSD 5.0.1 printf %*********s 666