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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2007-0235 Detail

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the glibtop_get_proc_map_s function in libgtop before 2.14.6 (libgtop2) allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a process with a long filename that is mapped in its address space, which triggers the overflow in gnome-system-monitor.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (07/27/2007)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of libgtop as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. This flaw affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and is being tracked via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=249884

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=396477 CVE, MITRE
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libgtop/2.14/libgtop-2.14.6.news CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/32815 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23736 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23777 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23814 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23840 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23872 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24015 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26367 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-17.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1255 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0765.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22054 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018526 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-407-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0185 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0187 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31522 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-972 CVE, MITRE
https://launchpad.net/bugs/79206 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10720 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0235
NVD Published Date:
01/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE