Explain CVE-2009-0148
Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '[oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflow', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9'}, {'name': '35462', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35462'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:1101', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html'}, {'name': '[cscope-cvs] 20090410 CVS: cscope/src snprintf.c, NONE, 1.1 build.c, 1.14, 1.15 command.c, 1.32, 1.33 dir.c, 1.30, 1.31 display.c, 1.29, 1.30 edit.c, 1.6, 1.7 exec.c, 1.11, 1.12 find.c, 1.20, 1.21 global.h, 1.36, 1.37 main.c, 1.45, 1.46 Makefile.am, 1.12, 1.13 Makefile.in, 1.15, 1.16 vpaccess.c, 1.2, 1.3 vpfopen.c, 1.3, 1.4 vpopen.c, 1.4, 1.5', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1LsGx3-00015K-TN%40ddv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=cscope-cvs'}, {'name': '35074', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35074'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2009-05-12', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-1238', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1238'}, {'name': '35214', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35214'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2009:1102', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html'}, {'name': 'GLSA-200905-02', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml'}, {'name': 'TA09-133A', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html'}, {'name': '35213', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/35213'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-1297', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297'}, {'name': '34805', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34805'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=947983'}, {'name': '1022218', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022218'}, {'name': 'DSA-1806', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1806'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9633', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9633'}, {'name': '34978', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/34978'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=4664&release_id=679527'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED