Vulnerability CVE-2008-4575
Published: 2008-10-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in the DoCommand function in jhead before 2.84 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a long -cmd argument and (2) unspecified vectors related to "a bunch of potential string overflows."

Type:

CWE-119

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Sentex -> Jhead 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6
http://secunia.com/advisories/32363
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