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    CVE-2009-1577

    Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.

    Published:Apr 22, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 7, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.15452
    CVSS Score:9.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cscope
    Product
    Cscope
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666

    References

    http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
    http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
    http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837
    http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
    http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
    http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High