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CVE-2008-2363 Detail

Current Description

The PartsBatch class in Pan 0.132 and earlier does not properly manage the data structures for Parts batches, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .nzb file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/03/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of pan as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1. No other versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux have shipped Pan.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224051 Patch 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=535413 Patch 
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121207185600564&w=2 Patch 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:201
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_13_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29421 Patch 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=446902
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42750

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-2008-2363
NVD Published Date:
06/02/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/07/2017
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.