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CVE-2008-4762 (GCVE-0-2008-4762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-28 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:24
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in freeSSHd 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (service crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) rename and (2) realpath parameters.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32366 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31872 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4515 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497746/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6812 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6800 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public
2008-10-22 00:00
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