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CVE-2015-5957

Buffer overflow in the DumpSysVar function in var.c in Remind before 3.1.15 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via a long name.

Published

2015-09-28T20:59:04.983

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes
Application	roaring_penguin	remind	≤ 3.1.14	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html ([email protected])
http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00025.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/pipermail/remind-fans/2015/003172.html Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/29/2 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/07/1 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76099 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)