Vulnerability CVE-2005-2772
Published: 2005-09-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in University of Minnesota gopher client 3.0.9 allow remote malicious servers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long "+VIEWS:" reply, which is not properly handled in the VIfromLine function, and (2) certain arguments when launching third party programs such as a web browser from a web link, which is not properly handled in the FIOgetargv function.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
University of minnesota -> Gopher 

 References:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/619812
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22053
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14693
http://secunia.com/advisories/16614/
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112559902931614&w=2
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-832
http://secunia.com/advisories/17016
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