CVE-2007-5037

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None

Description

Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2007-5037

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2007-09-24T00:17:00

Last Modified Date
2017-07-29T01:33:21

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:inotify:inotify-tools::::::::	1	OR		3.10

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752
http://secunia.com/advisories/26825	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724
http://secunia.com/advisories/27616
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
http://secunia.com/advisories/28221
http://osvdb.org/40563
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5037
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5037

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:12:13				Added to TrackCVE