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CVE-2009-1577

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.

Published

2009-05-07T17:30:04.813

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	cscope	cscope	≤ 15.5	Yes
Application	cscope	cscope	13.0	Yes
Application	cscope	cscope	15.0bl2	Yes
Application	cscope	cscope	15.1	Yes
Application	cscope	cscope	15.3	Yes
Application	cscope	cscope	15.4	Yes

References

http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 Patch ([email protected])
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19 ([email protected])
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35213 ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174 Patch ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837 ([email protected])
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35213 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)