CVE-2008-2654

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    CVE-2008-2654

    Published: 13 Jun 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Off-by-one error in the read_client function in webhttpd.c in Motion 3.2.10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request to a Motion HTTP Control interface, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow with some combinations of processor architecture and compiler.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/30544, http://secunia.com/advisories/30864, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-02.xml, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1796, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=484572, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121314329424538&w=2, http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/pub/Motion/ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x10/webhttpd-security.diff, http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/pub/Motion/ReleaseNoteMotion3x2x9/webhttpd-security-video2-backport.diff, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29636, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121311577731820&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121314089321816&w=2, http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=121314471626034&w=2, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42979

    Affected packages

    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