CVE-2008-4575

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."

References

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html

http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6

http://secunia.com/advisories/32363

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3