CVE - CVE-2006-4262

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-4262	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in cscope 15.5 and earlier allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors including (1) a long pathname that is not properly handled during file list parsing, (2) long pathnames that result from path variable expansion such as tilde expansion for the HOME environment variable, and (3) a long -f (aka reffile) command line argument.
References
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CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203645 CONFIRM:http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500 DEBIAN:DSA-1186 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186 GENTOO:GLSA-200610-08 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml REDHAT:RHSA-2009:1101 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html BID:19686 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19686 BID:19687 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19687 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9661 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9661 VUPEN:ADV-2006-3374 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3374 OSVDB:28135 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/28135 OSVDB:28136 URL:http://www.osvdb.org/28136 SECUNIA:21601 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21601 SECUNIA:22239 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22239 SECUNIA:22515 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/22515 XF:cscope-reffile-bo(28546) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28546 XF:cscope-cscopelists-bo(28545) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28545
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20060821	Disclaimer: The entry 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 (20060821)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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