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CVE-2009-0148 Detail

Current Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/05/2009
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=947983 Patch
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1LsGx3-00015K-TN%40ddv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=cscope-cvs
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=4664&release_id=679527 Patch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1806
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34805
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022218
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1238 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9633

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9633
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9633

Technical Details

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-0148
NVD Published Date:
05/05/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017