CVE - CVE-2008-4575

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-4575	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:31770 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31770 CONFIRM:http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/jhead/changes.txt CONFIRM:https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020 FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-8928 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00511.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2008-8941 URL:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00531.html MLIST:[oss-security] 20081015 Re: CVE request: jhead URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 SECUNIA:32363 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32363
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081015	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20081015)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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