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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3908: WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-3908: WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/04/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Princeton WordNet (wn) 3.0 allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long argument on the command line; a long (2) WNSEARCHDIR, (3) WNHOME, or (4) WNDBVERSION environment variable; or (5) a user-supplied dictionary (aka data file). NOTE: since WordNet itself does not run with special privileges, this issue only crosses privilege boundaries when WordNet is invoked as a third party component.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-dicts-wordnet

References

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