Vulnerability CVE-2008-3908
Published: 2008-09-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
WordNet stack and heap overflows
Rob Holland
06.09.2008

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
10/10
10/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Princeton university -> Wordnet 

 References:
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4217
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200810-01.xml
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/analysis.txt
http://www.ocert.org/analysis/2008-014/wordnet.patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495883/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30958
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44848
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44849
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44850
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44851
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