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CVE-2009-1577 Detail

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/07/2009

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://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 Patch
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666 Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9837
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9837

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1577
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2009
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017